a firm, fine-grained earth, plastic when wet, composed chiefly of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, used in the manufacture of bricks, pottery, and other ceramics.

to comb the hair to remove nits and lice.

to collect, accumulate together.

very small; tiny; diminutive.

of little thickness; thin.

the egg of a head-louse.

to be separated lengthwise into two or more parts; to be split along the grain or length.

whole; entire; complete.

the essential part; substance; essence; quintessence.

that which is juicy.

a strong thing.

the quality of being proper, fit, appropriate; appropriateness; propriety.

an able, efficient man.

any of various mixtures of solid or semisolid triglycerides, that are soluble in organic solvents, found in adipose animal tissue; fat.

the soft, spongy tissue in the center of certain plant stems; pith.

animal excrement or other substance put on or into the soil to fertilise it.

the sweetish liquid in many flowers, used by bees for the making of honey; nectar.

the usu. yellowish-white liquid matter produced in certain infections, consisting of bacteria, white corpuscles, serum, etc.; pus.

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract; the semen.

marked courage; valour; bravery; prowess.

skill; dexterity.

firmness (of the mind) resoluteness.

riches; wealth.

the essence or main point, as of an article or argument; gist.

water.

rain.

fresh butter.

a hard, tough metal composed of iron alloyed with various small percentages of carbon and often variously with other metals; steel.

quality of character or temperament; mettle.

any carbonated drink.

fish.

any disease; sickness.

the state or quality of being stable or fixed; steadiness; stability.

a condition of distress.

(rhet.) a kind of figure of speach in which, by comparison one thing, person is placed superior to another.

the worth of a thing in money or goods; value.

an onomatopoetic word formed imitating the sound of something that moves suddenly or with high speed.

a slender, straight, feathered, pointed missile shot from a bow; an arrow.

a pond or lake.

a garland or necklace.

a line; a row.

a sound; sonance; a tune.

the air taken in and let out; breath.

(correctly, sir) a respectful term of address used to a man; sir.

a teacher.

of the most excellent sort; surpassing all others; best.

to come or go near; to approach.

to be near.

to go as far as; to reach.

to move slowly towards or from.

to go forward or away.

to mix, mingle or join oneself with another or others.

to be got, received, occured.

to get, receive.

to depend on or take refuge under.

to go out of sight; to disappear.

a respectful term of address used to a man; sir.

a teacher.

a long, thick beam bearing the weight of the roof of a building.

proximity; nearness.

a wooden structure built over a stream, small river, etc. for crossing over from one side to another; a wooden bridge.

a flight of stairs.

a ladder-like implement used to climb the forts of enemies, while attempting to seize.

the act of running, fleeing away.

the act or an instance of slipping (as from the hand).

an instance of elapsing (as of time, an opportunity, etc.).

something written in endorsing, at the end of a writing; a note; an endorsement.

a surface declined deeply as on the side of a mountain; mountain-slope.

a rock pillar, a mass of rock stretching above, on a mountain.

a large stone; a rock.

a stone set up to show the boundary of a land, village, town, revenue divisions, etc.; a boundary-stone.

(fig.) the quality of being hard or harsh; hardness.

the quaity of being big or large; largeness.

the quality or state or being strong; strength.