Jerquing

n.

The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

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Vellicate

v. t.

To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

Yolk

n.

The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.

Fanciful

a.

Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.

Return

n.

An answer; as, a return to one's question.

Factory

n.

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

Fall

n.

A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.

Upstroke

n.

An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.

Flasket

n.

A vessel in which viands are served.

Backrag

n.

See Bacharach.

Rule

n.

To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.

Laundress

v. i.

To act as a laundress.

Sanguinolency

n.

The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.