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Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..

Gomphiasis :: Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets..

Loosener :: Loosener (n.) One who, or that which, loosens..

Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

Disbind :: Disbind (v. t.) To unbind; to loosen.

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..

Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..

Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade..

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..

Unhook :: Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress..

Open :: Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers..

Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..

Loosening :: Loosening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loose.

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..

Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..

Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..

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