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Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..

Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc..

Ophthalmoscope :: Ophthalmoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Reflectible :: Reflectible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible..

Fieldwork :: Fieldwork (n.) Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.

Dross :: Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement..

Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails..

Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government..

Die :: Die (n.) A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice..

Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong..

Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..

Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen..

Slop :: Slop (n.) Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot..

Lycoperdon :: Lycoperdon (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball..

Tip :: Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

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