A large stone marble or a game played with large marbles. OED 1862 John P. Stillwell writes of the game as played in the 1840's. See "Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect" by W Barnes 1848. Alsoin EDD AS boncer. Boss Out ...
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They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament. maraschino noun (n.) A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which ...
A boy's game played with large marbles. bonchretien noun (n.) A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett. boncilate noun (n.) A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc. bond noun (n....
heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him twelve marbles, and so on...
A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles. noun (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. verb (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow. verb (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. ...
It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices. granilla noun (n.) Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect. intermaxilla noun (n.) See Premaxilla. mammilla noun (n.) The nipple. manilla ...
They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament. maraschino noun (n.) A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which ...
Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624. aurelian noun (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to ...
marantanoun(n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament. ...