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Coffer :: Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam..

Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..

Loom :: Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Locky :: Locky (a.) Having locks or tufts.

Tumulus :: Tumulus (n.) An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow..

Warlock :: Warlock (a.) Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.

Hub :: Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.

Pan :: Pan (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged..

Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite..

Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..

Firelock :: Firelock (n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock..

Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops..

Doltish :: Doltish (a.) Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown..

Hackery :: Hackery (n.) A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes..

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