calf | noun (n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. |
| noun (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. |
| noun (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. |
| noun (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. |
| noun (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. |
| noun (n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. |
half | adjective (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. |
| adjective (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. |
| adjective (a.) Part; side; behalf. |
| adjective (a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. |
| adverb (adv.) In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. |
| verb (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. |
rally | noun (n.) The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word). |
| noun (n.) A political mass meeting. |
| noun (n.) Good-humored raillery. |
| verb (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. |
| verb (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite. |
| verb (v. i.) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate. |
| verb (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire. |
| verb (v. i.) To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment. |
relief | noun (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. |
| noun (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. |
| noun (n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay. |
| noun (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. |
| noun (n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed. |
| noun (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure. |
| noun (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. |
| noun (n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country. |
roof | noun (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. |
| noun (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. |
| noun (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with a roof. |
| verb (v. t.) To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter. |
ruff | noun (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. |
| noun (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led. |
| noun (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. |
| noun (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. |
| noun (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. |
| noun (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. |
| noun (n.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle. |
| noun (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar. |
| noun (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. |
| noun (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve. |
| noun (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Ruffe |
| verb (v. i. & t.) To trump. |
| verb (v. t.) To ruffle; to disorder. |
| verb (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. |
| verb (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it. |