Grommet

n.

A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.

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Fancywork

n.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Rindless

a.

Destitute of a rind.

Forborne

p. p.

of Forbear

Fertilized

imp. & p. p.

of Fertilize

Reimprint

v. t.

To imprint again.

Ace

n.

Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

Nonbituminous

a.

Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

Frostbite

n.

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

Ree

v. t.

To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Nice

superl.

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

Leeched

imp. & p. p.

of Leech

Jacobin

n.

A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.