n.
The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
Next Worda.
That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station. →
v. t.
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. →
n.
A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence. →
n.
One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist. →
p. p. of Go. →