Definition of reed

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Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

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Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities..
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Tubby :: Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin..
Unembarrassment :: Unembarrassment (n.) Freedom from embarrassment.
Erugate :: Erugate (a.) Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc..
Symbolist :: Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
Sley :: Sley (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid..
Mongrelize :: Mongrelize (v. t. & i.) To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels..
Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Melodeon :: Melodeon (n.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.
Filigreed :: Filigreed (a.) Adorned with filigree.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Generosity; liberality.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection..
Candor :: Candor (n.) A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Djereed :: Djereed (n.) Alt. of Djerri.
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