Valise

n.

A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.

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Fetter

n.

Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

Sameness

n.

Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.

Roughly

adv.

In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

Unused

a.

Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

Rat-tail

n.

The California chimaera. See Chimaera.

Harming

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Harm

Upokororo

n.

An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.

Rare

superl.

Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.

Hypocoristic

a.

Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.

Joint

v. t.

To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

Kaolinization

n.

The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.

Retorsion

n.

Same as Retortion.