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Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..

Iodoform :: Iodoform (n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores..

Charpie :: Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Bedizenment :: Bedizenment (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily..

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

Knockings :: Knockings (n. pl.) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore..

Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..

Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..

Address :: Address (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

Bundle :: Bundle (v. i.) To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound..

Stone-dead :: Stonecutting (n.) Hewing or dressing stone.

Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..

Preen :: Preen (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

Top-dress :: Top-dress (v. t.) To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land..

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