v. t.
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. →
n.
A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone. →
a.
Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion. →
n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. →
n.
That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south. →