Fat

superl.

Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.

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Huff

v. i.

To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.

Lection

n.

A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.

Jostled

imp. & p. p.

of Jostle

Leuconic

a.

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.

Grees

pl.

of Gree

Grievancer

n.

One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.

Rutin

n.

A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.

Neurilemma

n.

The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

Lapis

n.

A stone.

Underhung

a.

Having the lower jaw projecting.

Zauschneria

n.

A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

Gamic

a.

Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.