Word Meanings - SPETCHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
REFUSER
One who refuses or rejects.
REFUSE
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops aras, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of;
CHIDESTER
A female scold.
APHIDES
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EPITITHIDES
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
GALLIGASKINS
Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. (more info) Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have
RAPHIDES
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GALLYGASKINS
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GASKINS
1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. Shak. 2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds. 3. A horse's thighs. Wright.
RHAPHIDES
Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.