n.
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro). →
v. t.
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. →
n.
Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. →
n.
A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. →