Sap

v. t.

To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

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Glaired

imp. & p. p.

of Glair

Renew

v. t.

To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

Fingering

n.

The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.

Aculeus

n.

A sting.

Unclothed

a.

Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked.

Reasonable

n.

Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.

Sabianism

n.

The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.

Schoolmaid

n.

A schoolgirl.

Vanity

n.

That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Reamer

n.

One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.

Goods

n. pl.

See Good, n., 3.

Hygroplasm

n.

The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.