n.
Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. →
v. t.
To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather. →
n.
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight. →
n.
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. →
Sapan wood. →
of Hatchel →