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Holystone :: Holystone (v. t.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel..

Xanthorhiza :: Xanthorhiza (n.) A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America, including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots of a deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic..

Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..

Dangleberry :: Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward..

Hose :: Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine..

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.

Puree :: Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated..

Rubelet :: Rubelet (n.) A little ruby.

Rubywood :: Rubywood (n.) red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

Anthraconite :: Anthraconite (n.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone..

Impertrubable :: Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity..

Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress..

Rub :: Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..

Water Vine :: Water vine () Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice..

Boot :: Boot (n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud..

Rubric :: Rubric (a.) Alt. of Rubrica.

Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..

Drubbed :: Drubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dru.

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