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Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets..

Bond :: Bond (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity..

Gauntlet :: Gauntlet (n.) A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

Diffusate :: Diffusate (n.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane..

Twist :: Twist (n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist..

Hook :: Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc..

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Mortise :: Mortise (n.) A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon..

Imbody :: Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.

Producer :: Producer (n.) One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use..

Airy :: Airy (a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..

Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc..

Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.

Perjury :: Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations..

Sepsis :: Sepsis (n.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

Unmaterial :: Unmaterial (a.) Not material; immaterial.

Lithography :: Lithography (n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic..

Make :: Make (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing..

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