Genouillere

n.

A metal plate covering the knee.

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Habitual

n.

According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.

Baculometry

n.

Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

Valuer

n.

One who values; an appraiser.

Necromancer

n.

One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

Sarcophaga

n.

A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.

Resuscitate

v. i.

To come to life again; to revive.

Kiddle

n.

A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.

Nill

v. i.

To be unwilling; to refuse to act.

Faint

n.

The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

Hough

v. t.

Same as Hock, to hamstring.

Adnominal

a.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.

Sculpture

n.

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.