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Hardspun :: Hardspun (a.) Firmly twisted in spinning.

Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..

Press :: Press (v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.

Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..

Horticultural :: Horticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards..

Rattle :: Rattle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter..

Noggen :: Noggen (a.) Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh..

Washy :: Washy (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse..

Xylocarpous :: Xylocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit which becomes hard or woody.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

Jaunce :: Jaunce (v. i.) To ride hard; to jounce.

Bend :: Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind..

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer..

Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..

Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..

Bicallous :: Bicallous (a.) Having two callosities or hard spots.

Petrous :: Petrous (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..

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