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Hoarsely :: Hoarsely (adv.) With a harsh, grating sound or voice..

Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime..

Bray :: Bray (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise..

Emigration :: Emigration (n.) The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western..

Regrating :: Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regrat.

Arenaceous :: Arenaceous (a.) Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone..

Regratery :: Regratery (n.) The act or practice of regrating.

Bray :: Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound..

Migrating :: Migrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Migrat.

Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..

Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..

Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice..

Rub :: Rub (n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub..

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..

Grating :: Grating (n.) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating..

Grille :: Grille (v. t.) A lattice or grating.

Run :: Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..

Grid :: Grid (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron..

Emigrating :: Emigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emigrat.

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