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n. an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter.
Syn. -- bridgehead, foothold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Headborough. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A headborough; a borsholder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The osprey (Pandion haliaëtus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A hook for catching fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; as, to hitchhike across the country. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. The clevis or draught iron of a plow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The redfin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Roughhew them how we will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roughhews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. “A roughhewn seaman.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sleuth, and cf. Slothound. ] (Zool.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [ Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Slot a track, and cf. Sleuthhound. ] (Zool.) See Sleuthhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sleuthhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + "y`dwr water. So named from its ready deliquescence.] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt. [1913 Webster]

n. The vent of a cannon or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
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[ 1913 Webster ]

n. An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Watchhouses 1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Withheld p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding. ] [ With again, against, back + hold. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand
From knitting league with him. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold
Longer thy offered good. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who withholds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of withholding. [ 1913 Webster ]