"Battening" is a word in ENGLISH
of Batten
Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the
wall.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Read the complete definitionA small gnat.
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Read the complete definitionAn angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.
Read the complete definitionThe wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
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Read the complete definitionTo breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.
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Read the complete definitionTo play fast and loose; to dissemble.
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Read the complete definitionA false die. See Fulham.
Read the complete definitionA cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus
Read the complete definitionHaving the nostril covered with a scale.
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