Hitch

v. t.

To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

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Rebuking

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Rebuke

Rattle

v. i.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.

Valuable

a.

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

Rete

n.

A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Hybridizable

a.

Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.

Faith

n.

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.

Homoeomery

n.

Same as Homoeomeria.

Heelpiece

n.

A piece of armor to protect the heels.

Pain

n.

To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.

Lactescent

a.

Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.

Gowl

v. i.

To howl.

Alternation

n.

The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.