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Polygenetic :: Polygenetic (a.) Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.

Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

Original :: Original (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.

Damask :: Damask (a.) Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus..

Jabot :: "Jabot (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt..

Equivalent :: Equivalent (a.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries..

Champagne :: Champagne (n.) A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France..

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve..

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.

Postern :: Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate..

Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party..

Wilton Carpet :: Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England..

Fundamental :: Fundamental (a.) Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom..

Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..

Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..

Habitant :: Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural..

Haematogenesis :: Haematogenesis (n.) The origin and development of blood.

Os :: Os (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar..

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