Frontlet

n.

The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.

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Life-saving

a.

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

Abscissae

pl.

of Abscissa

Roll

v. i.

To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

Goosery

n.

The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.

Screen

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.

Fimbriated

imp. & p. p.

of Fimbriate

Fagging

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Fag

Ruling

n.

A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.

Rationalist

n.

One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.

Lathered

imp. & p. p.

of Lather

Gone

p. p. of Go.

Lignose

a.

Alt. of Lignous