Retruse

Table

v. t.

To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf. →

Valve

n.

A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. →

Satiation

n.

Satiety. →

Scarifier

n.

An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. →

Scene

n.

The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes. →

Rendered

imp. & p. p.

of Render →

Hard

superl.

Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. →

Acknowledge

v. t.

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed. →

Hypoplastron

n.

The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum. →

Reparel

n.

A change of apparel; a second or different suit. →

Pack thread

See under 2d Pack. →

Uncorrigible

a.

Incorrigible; not capable of correction. →