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Wraith :: Wraith (n.) An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image..

Swab :: Swab (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..

Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..

Periodical :: Periodical (a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics..

Aftermost :: Aftermost (a. superl.) Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

Whethering :: Whethering (n.) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors..

Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Smallpox :: Smallpox (n.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar..

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

Tufthunting :: Tufthunting (n.) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities..

Thermoscope :: Thermoscope (n.) An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer..

Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original..

Cure :: Cure (n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury..

Twelfthtide :: Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

Ghost :: Ghost (n.) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

Ninetieth :: Ninetieth (n.) The next in order after the eighty-ninth.

Refit :: Refit (v. t.) To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war..

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