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