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Inert :: Inert (a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.

Boneset :: Boneset (n.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic..

Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.

Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Roughhew :: Roughhew (v. t.) To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber..

Churl :: Churl (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.

Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice..

Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..

Scabious :: Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions..

Traject :: Traject (v. t.) To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms..

Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

Freeman :: Freeman (n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman..

Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Roughleg :: Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard..

Heat :: Heat (n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric..

Bengal :: Bengal (n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal..

Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..

Castling :: Castling (n.) That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.

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