Hotbed

n.

A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.

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Sarplar

n.

A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.

Glitter

v. i.

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

Undecennary

a.

Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.

Scoria

n.

Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

Lap

n.

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.

Actor

n.

One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Reordain

v. t.

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.

Guarana

n.

A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

Haunter

n.

One who, or that which, haunts.

Aboriginality

n.

The quality of being aboriginal.

Galilean

n.

One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite.

Grazing

n.

The act of one who, or that which, grazes.