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Word Meanings - SPETCHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.

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  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • REFUSER
    One who refuses or rejects.
  • REFUSE
    To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops aras, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of;
  • CHIDESTER
    A female scold.
  • APHIDES
    See APHIS
  • EPITITHIDES
    The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
  • GALLIGASKINS
    Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. (more info) Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have
  • RAPHIDES
    See RHAPHIDES
  • GALLYGASKINS
    See GALLIGASKINS
  • GASKINS
    1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. Shak. 2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds. 3. A horse's thighs. Wright.
  • RHAPHIDES
    Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.

 

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