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of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks." W. D. Howells. Raft bridge.

To convert again into flesh. [Obs.] Howell.

To commence or begin again. Howell.

Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell.

To descend again. Howell.

Recompense; atonemet; retribution. [Obs.] Howell.

To reprieve. [Obs.] Howell.

To bud again. Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. Howell.

To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

To write over again. Howell.

A roturier. [Obs.] Howell.

The act of making red. Howell.

ght of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff. Howell.

searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! M. Arnold.

Knowing superficially or imperfectly. Howell.

ew out, to press out; to extort. -- To screw up, to force; to bring by violent pressure. Howell. -- To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.

One who makes sermons or speeches. [Obs.] Howell.

hort. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. To sell short (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes to buy at a lower rate.

a hand. Hoyle. To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to the door." W. D. Howells.

Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.