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Oaring :: Oaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oa.

Dornock :: Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland..

Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

Rime :: Rime (v. i.) To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

Rut :: Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies..

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

Crass :: Crass (a.) Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.

Tow :: Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle..

Hoar :: Hoar (a.) White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs..

Croak :: Croak (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound..

Fine :: Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy.

Trip :: Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward..

Boation :: Boation (n.) A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.

Rasp :: Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file..

Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard..

Adonis :: Adonis (n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.

Block :: Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each..

Shell :: Shell (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one..

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