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Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

Cast-iron :: Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding..

Soaker :: Soaker (n.) A hard drinker.

Bismuth :: Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi..

Scrabbed Eggs :: Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper..

Dainty :: Dainty (superl.) Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

Comb :: Comb (n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat..

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

Iridium :: Iridium (n.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5..

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

Gril :: Gril (a.) Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.

Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony..

Sideroxylon :: Sideroxylon (n.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.

Anthracite :: Anthracite (n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal..

Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped..

Press :: Press (v.) To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race..

Jade :: "Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples..

Rabot :: Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.

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