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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..

Undershrieve :: Undershrieve (n.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.

Suffruticous :: Suffruticose (a.) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like..

Thorn :: Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine..

Caulis :: Caulis (n.) An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers..

Lum :: Lum (n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool..

Sylvan :: Sylvan (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

Sclerogen :: Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..

Betel :: Betel (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves..

Trachea :: Trachea (n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts..

Boon :: Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching..

Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..

Liber :: Liber (n.) The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc..

Zest :: Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut..

Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Scutch :: Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..

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