n.
That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.
Next Wordn.
A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter. →
superl.
Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit. →
n.
A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. →
A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal. →
n.
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. →