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Shamoying :: Shamoying (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning..

Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..

Staphylotomy :: Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Culture :: Culture (n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil..

Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

Spetches :: Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made..

Parsimonious :: Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

Conference :: Conference (n.) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

Diet :: Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet..

Prelude :: Prelude (v. t.) An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture..

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

Cheeseparing :: Cheeseparing (n.) A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.

Cookery :: Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat..

Gumption :: Gumption (n.) The art of preparing colors.

Pharmacology :: Pharmacology (n.) A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble..

Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) Sparingly; parsimoniously.

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Skiving :: Skiving (n.) A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side..

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