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A small bush.

The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.

ed hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

One who cherishes. The cherisher of my flesh and blood. Shak.

One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.

To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

One who coshers.

his tenant's house. Burrill. Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macau…

piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

One who, or that which, crushes. Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the S…

That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.

One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.

One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637).

To dishearten. [Obs.]

nd hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.

Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.