Gauntlet

n.

A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

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Revere

v. t.

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Altering

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Alter

Gem

v. t.

To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.

Sea cock

In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

Flourish

n.

A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.

Saulie

n.

A hired mourner at a funeral.

Seabeach

n.

A beach lying along the sea.

Roast

v. t.

To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

Ecclesia

n.

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Resolve

v. i.

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

Vertebrae

pl.

of Vertebra

Fratricidal

a.

Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide.