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Word Meanings - SCARIFY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To stir the surface soil of, as a field. (more info) 1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. , to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.

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  • BLOODSUCKER
    Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
  • SCRATCH COAT
    The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
  • FIELD
    The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
  • BLOODSHEDDER
    One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • SCRATCHBACK
    A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
  • FIELDING
    The act of playing as a fielder.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • BLOODULF
    The European bullfinch.
  • SCARIFICATOR
    An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.
  • BLOODROOT
    A plant , with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
  • SMALLISH
    Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
  • SCRATCHING
    With the action of scratching.
  • FIELDY
    Open, like a field. Wyclif.
  • OPEN SEA
    A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
  • BLOODY-MINDED
    Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.
  • BLOODSHEDDING
    Bloodshed. Shak.
  • WITHOUT-DOOR
    Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
  • BLOODINESS
    1. The state of being bloody. 2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.
  • FIELDPIECE
    A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
  • BESCRATCH
    To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
  • 'SBLOOD
    An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. Shak.
  • HOMEFIELD
    Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
  • PROPENE
    See PROPYLENE
  • INFIELD
    To inclose, as a field.
  • DISMALLY
    In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
  • PROPENSE
    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an

 

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