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Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..

Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

Green-stall :: Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting..

Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..

Inspirator :: Inspirator (n.) A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2..

Junto :: "Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians..

Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse..

Amulet :: Amulet (n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.].

Cornification :: Cornification (n.) Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn..

Collector :: Collector (n.) A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent..

Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles.

Knee :: Knee (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

Work :: Work (n.) To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock..

Work :: Work (n.) That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat..

Antediluvian :: Antediluvian (n.) One who lived before the Deluge.

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