n.
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. →
n.
That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. →
n.
One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. →
n.
A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots. →
v. t.
To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse. →