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Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..

Leant :: Leant () of Lea.

Chichevache :: Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition..

Fat :: Fat (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox..

Hand-hole :: Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc..

Scrannel :: Scrannel (a.) Slight; thin; lean; poor.

Knifeboard :: Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Mundation :: Mundation (n.) The act of cleansing.

Detersion :: Detersion (n.) The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore..

Epistolean :: Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.

Cleansed :: Cleansed (imp. & p. p.) of Cleans.

Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement..

Inclined :: Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue..

Penthouse :: Penthouse (n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively..

Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..

Lean-to :: Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall..

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

Flax :: Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing..

Interlard :: Interlard (v. t.) To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean..

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