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A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

ng; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

uice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.

Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.

One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n.

Making hard or harder.

The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.

Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.

The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

pampering food. -- High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. -- High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. -- High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. -- High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sa…

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

An instrument for making of angular measurements.

Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. -- Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. -- Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] -- Home rule, rule or government of an appendent…

ts; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson.