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Impatiens :: Impatiens (n.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place..

Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..

Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.

Brush :: Brush (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.

Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.

Tip :: Tip (n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.

Palpation :: Palpation (n.) Examination of a patient by touch.

Earthy :: Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

Taction :: Taction (n.) The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.

Graze :: Graze (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books..

Terminate :: Terminate (v. t.) Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play..

Stricture :: Stricture (n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

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