Latch

n.

To catch so as to hold.

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Honewort

n.

An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

Revival

n.

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

Nomenclator

n.

One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

Unfurnish

v. t.

To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.

Unpleasantry

n.

Want of pleasantry.

Garter

v. t.

To invest with the Order of the Garter.

Gastrohysterotomy

n.

Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

Fluxionary

a.

Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage.

Ecclesiastic

v. t.

Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

Form

n.

To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.

Scuttle

n.

A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Nineteenth

n.

An interval of two octaves and a fifth.