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Bocking :: Bocking (n.) A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made..

Responsion :: Responsion (n.) The first university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a..

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England..

Ceratodus :: Ceratodus (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium..

Aaronical :: Aaronical (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews..

Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking..

Leadhillite :: Leadhillite (n.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

Nomopelmous :: Nomopelmous (a.) Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds..

Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second..

Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..

Sans-culotte :: Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons..

Origination :: Origination (n.) The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

All Saints' :: All Saints' () The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival..

Sump :: Sump (n.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion..

Paracrostic :: Paracrostic (n.) A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem..

Primordial :: Primordial (a.) First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition..

Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..

Eden :: Eden (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence..

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