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Trimming :: Trimming (n.) That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --..

Drench :: Drench (v. t.) To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic..

Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..

Galoshe :: Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.

Rag :: Rag (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress..

Prison :: Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds..

Weave :: Weave (v. t.) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

Wax :: Wax (n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance..

Headquarters :: Headquarters (n. sing.) The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order..

Bunter :: Bunter (n.) A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman..

Strike :: Strike (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality..

Flatten :: Flatten (a.) To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit..

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..

Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..

Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..

Delftware :: Delftware (n.) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence.

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