| 1 | Varnish A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous
matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or
otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation
or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard
surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or
less degree, the influences of air and moisture. That which resembles varnish, either naturally or
artificially; a glossy appearance. An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any
act or conduct; outside show; gloss. To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces,
when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a
painting. To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair
appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to
palliate; as, to varnish guilt. |
| 2 | Coranach A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. |
| 3 | Cockeye A squinting eye. The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the
cockhead. |
| 4 | Hematology The science which treats of the blood. |
| 5 | Disorganize To destroy the organic structure or regular system
of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is
organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. |
| 6 | Balancer One who balances, or uses a balance. In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing. |
| 7 | Pious Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential;
dutiful; religious; devout; godly. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by
mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds. |
| 8 | Chauffer A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box
of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. |
| 9 | Medusoid Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a
medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile
gonophores of hydroids. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome. |
| 10 | Greenwood A forest as it appears is spring and summer. Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. |
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