Backsheesh
n.
Alt. of Backshish →
Scission
n.
The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge. →
Ruffian
v. i.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. →
Granulate
v. t.
To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface. →
Unprizable
a.
Invaluable; being beyond estimation. →
Form
n.
To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part. →
Heptaphyllous
a.
Having seven leaves. →
Leve
v. t.
To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause. →
Grooved
imp. & p. p.
of Groove →
Ferret
n.
The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. →
Ranger
n.
That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. →