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Incremate :: Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate..

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine..

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..

Gambadoes :: Gambadoes (n.) Same as Gamashes.

Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..

Double-hung :: Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

Eaves :: Eaves (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.

Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.

Crouton :: Crouton (n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc..

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..

Whitewasher :: Whitewasher (n.) One who whitewashes.

Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..

Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..

Lixivial :: Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.

Lixivium :: Lixivium (n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation..

Gramashes :: Gramashes (n. pl.) Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.

Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands..

Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..

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