| Fuzz | To make drunk. – Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter. – To fly off in minute particles. |
| Prop | A shell, used as a die. See Props. – To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state. – That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building. |
| Barefoot | With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings. |
| Batch | The quantity of bread baked at one time. – A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. |
| Grip | The griffin. – A small ditch or furrow. – To trench; to drain. – An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. – A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip. – That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword. – A device for grasping or holding fast to something. – To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe. |
| Harvest | The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. – That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit. – The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. – To reap or gather, as any crop. |
| Howled | To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. – To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. – To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. – To utter with outcry. – The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound. – A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail. |
| Claw | A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. – The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc. – Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails. – A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. – To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. – To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. – To rail at; to scold. – To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. |
| Compost | A mixture; a compound. – A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. – To manure with compost. – To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost. |
| Topical | Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege. – Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics. – Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. |
| Limp | To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. – A halt; the act of limping. – A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. – Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. – Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat. |
| Tulip | Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers. |
| Dull | Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. – Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. – Insensible; unfeeling. – Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. – Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror. – Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. – Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day. – To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. – To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. – To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. – To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. – To become dull or stupid. |
| Usher | An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. – An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school. – To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; — sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room. |
| Vast | Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. – Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia. – Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money. – Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern. – A waste region; boundless space; immensity. |
| Eyelid | The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure. |
| Fireplace | The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; — usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. |
| Padlock | A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, — used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc. – Fig.: A curb; a restraint. – To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. |
