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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Bade
A form of the pat tense of Bid. →
Junket
n.
A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. →
Nestle
v. t.
To house, as in a nest. →
Reassemble
v. t. & i.
To assemble again. →
Liegeman
n.
Same as Liege, n., 2. →
Fresh-water
a.
Unskilled; raw. →
Herewith
adv.
With this. →
Wainscoting
n.
The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. →
Accentuation
n.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent. →
Scutch
n.
A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp. →
Rummy
n.
One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. →