Lignify

v. t.

To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.

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Youngly

a.

Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.

Lazaret

n.

Alt. of Lazaretto

Riding

a.

Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk.

Freezing

a.

Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

Allegorize

v. t.

To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.

Reversibly

adv.

In a reversible manner.

Remark

n.

To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

Washboard

n.

A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.

Roll

n.

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.

Eaglestone

n.

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.

Watermark

n.

A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

Hyper-

A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.