n.
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. →
n.
An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc. →
n.
The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. →
n.
A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem. →
v. i.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. →