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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.

Disciplinarian :: Disciplinarian (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar..

Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.

Bettor :: Bettor (n.) One who bets; a better.

Dradge :: Dradge (n.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing..

Dross :: Dross (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc..

Bete :: Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.

Better :: Better (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..

Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle..

Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..

Betterment :: Betterment (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..

Emendation :: Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations..

Agio :: Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

Bookish :: Bookish (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

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

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..

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