superl.
Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
Next WordA rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray. →
v. i.
To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled. →
a.
Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. →