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Mumble :: Mumble (v.) To chew something gently with closed lips.

Home-driven :: Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close..

Throng :: Throng (v. i.) To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc

Osage Orange :: Osage orange () An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc..

Rhizostomata :: Rhizostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix..

Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.

Indehiscent :: Indehiscent (a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut..

Fenestral :: Fenestral (n.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely..

Hurdle :: Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles..

Wapiti :: Wapiti (n.) The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size..

Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..

Commode :: Commode (n.) A kind of close stool.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Water-closet :: Water-closet (n.) A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it..

Carina :: Carina (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

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