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rtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Garrick.

sed as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [India]

To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

cess of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

o the off side, or an off ball to the side. The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. R. A. Proctor.

A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.

To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.

Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. Shenstone. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.

ings xviii. 14. (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam. (f) To deceive; to trick. "The stork found he was put upon." L'Estrange. (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him upon bread and water. "This caution will put them upon considering." Locke. (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as,…

A square brick, tile, or the like.

A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Dryden.

A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2. [Obs.] "Quarrelets of pearl [teeth]." Herrick.

e, not barren. -- Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material. -- Quick water, quicksilver water. -- Quick with child, pregnant with a living child.

Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.

Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.

To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen.

f direction; at hazard. Counsels, when they fly At random, sometimes hit most happily. Herrick. O, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! Sir W. Scott.

Am extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways

A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. Dryden.