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Double-hung :: Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

Parenthesis :: Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes..

Flashes :: Flashes (pl. ) of Flas.

Leach :: Leach (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee..

Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well..

Pulverine :: Pulverine (n.) Ashes of barilla.

Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood..

Dishwasher :: Dishwasher (n.) One who, or that which, washes dishes..

Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others..

Spatterdashed :: Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..

Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes..

Cremator :: Cremator (n.) One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes..

Leach :: Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali..

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine..

Lixivial :: Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.

Gray :: Gray (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove..

Incinerate :: Incinerate (v. t.) To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.

Incinerate :: Incinerate () Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

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