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imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer.

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  • FLATTER
    1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
  • OUTRAGEOUS
    Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • CROOKBILL
    A New Zealand plover , remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
  • TROUBLER
    One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
  • ERRABLENESS
    Liability to error. Dr. H. More.
  • ERRHINE
    A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • MISSEL
    Mistletoe. Missel bird, Missel thrush , a large European thrush which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • FALSENESS
    The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
  • GRIEVE
    1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over;
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • MISSIFICATE
    To perform Mass. Milton.
  • SHORT-WITED
    Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
  • CARVOL
    One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.
  • MISSTAYED
    Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
  • INSULT
    1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. Dryden. 2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage. Syn. -- Affront;
  • CROOKES TUBE
    A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
  • MISSILE
    A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
  • COMMISSARY
    An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer
  • ABERRATE
    To go astray; to diverge. Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • DISMISSIVE
    Giving dismission.
  • SUPERREFLECTION
    The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
  • VERRUGAS
    An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.
  • REMISS
    Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness.
  • PROMISSORILY
    In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.
  • SERR
    To crowd, press, or drive together. Bacon.
  • TERRESTRIFY
    To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne.
  • REMISSLY
    In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.
  • INERRABLE
    Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. "Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne. "Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.
  • SUPERROYAL
    Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
  • BERRETTA
    A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics (more info) of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. tawny, red:
  • FERRIER
    A ferryman. Calthrop.
  • INTERREX
    An interregent, or a regent.

 

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