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Change :: Change (v. i.) To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better..

Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..

Better :: Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.

Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.

Better :: Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect..

Outreason :: Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.

Better :: Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.

Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..

Best :: Best (v. t.) To get the better of.

Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..

Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..

Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..

Worsen :: Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.

Improve :: Improve (v. i.) To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health..

Better :: Better (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits..

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..

Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one..

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