Leverage

n.

The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

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Friendship

n.

The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.

Nigrescent

a.

Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

Reexamination

n.

A repeated examination. See under Examination.

Rate

n.

Ratification; approval.

Rot

v. t.

To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Backwards

adv.

Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

Affliction

n.

The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.

Rigarion

n.

See Irrigation.

Finger

v. t.

To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Hawking

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Hawk

Retiracy

n.

Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.

Kernelled

of Kernel