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543 words match “ARSE”

COARSE-GRAINED a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
COARSELY adv.
In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
COARSEN v.
To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.
COARSENESS n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.
FARSE n.
An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.
FARSEEING a. 2 definitions
Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.
HEARSE n. 6 definitions
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] "Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson. Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.
HEARSECLOTH n.
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
HEARSELIKE a.
Suitable to a funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.
HOARSE a. 2 definitions
ice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.
HOARSELY adv.
With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
HOARSEN v.
To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.
HOARSENESS n.
Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
INHEARSE v.
To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak.
MARSEILLAIS; MARSEILLAISE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants. Marseillaise hymn, or The Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Mar…
MARSEILLES n.
other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.
MARSHBANKER; MARSEBANKER n.
The menhaden.
METATARSE n.
Metatarsus.
MISREHEARSE v.
To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.
PARSE v.
nt; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.
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