v. i.
To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
Next Wordn.
An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash. →
n.
A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like. →
a.
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. →
imp. & p. p. of Ring. →