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Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..

Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..

Face :: Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount..

Diastema :: Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..

Edificant :: Edificant (a.) Building; constructing.

Lycanthropia :: Lycanthropia (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2..

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet..

Abjure :: Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors..

Cantle :: Cantle (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to cut out from.

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Scantness :: Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Canteen :: Canteen (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers..

Prologue :: Prologue (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance.

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..

Pyracanth :: Pyracanth (n.) The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe..

Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..

Indicant :: Indicant (n.) That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease..

Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..

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