Resist

n.

A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.

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Healingly

adv.

So as to heal or cure.

Guardsman

n.

A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.

Gentility

n.

The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding.

Hypethral

a.

Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building.

Finely

adv.

In a fine or finished manner.

Vaunt

v. t.

To put forward; to display.

Neutralist

n.

A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

Festooning

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Festoon

Judaistic

a.

Of or pertaining to Judaism.

Resumption

n.

The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

Verging

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Verge

Zealot

n.

One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.