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Yestereve :: Yestereve (n.) Alt. of Yester-evenin.

Water-white :: Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst..

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

Counter-courant :: Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Skelter :: Skelter (v. i.) To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.

Necessary :: Necessary (n.) A privy; a water-closet.

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..

After-wit :: After-wit (n.) Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

Yestermorn :: Yestermorn (n.) Alt. of Yester-mornin.

Answer :: Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill..

Water-soak :: Water-soak (v. t.) To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.

Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

Alto :: Alto (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor..

Helter-skelter :: Helter-skelter (adv.) In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.

Ter-tenant :: Ter-tenant (n.) See Terre-tenant.

Water-rotting :: Water-rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water-ro.

Water-ret :: Water-ret (v. t.) To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot..

Quarter-deck :: Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one..

Tip-up :: Tip-up (n.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.

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