Fresh-water

a.

Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

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Undirectly

adv.

Indirectly.

Hematoma

n.

A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

Glut

n.

Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.

Horsewhip

n.

A whip for horses.

Fasten

a.

To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.

Wad

n.

Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.

Hiss

v. t.

To utter with a hissing sound.

Fruticulose

a.

Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.

Fooling

p. pr. & vb. n.

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Gnarly

a.

Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Esthesiometer

n.

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Water cart

A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.