20 Terms
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termagancy
Language; Dictionaries
The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.
treachery
Language; Dictionaries
Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
wastebook
Language; Dictionaries
A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.
water radish
Language; Dictionaries
A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.
tidesman
Language; Dictionaries
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
vyce
Language; Dictionaries
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
top-cloth
Language; Dictionaries
A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.
