(Dutch, Smeer-kaas.) A preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise called Cottage-cheese.
·noun A fat, oily substance; oinment. II. Smear ·noun Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A plasterer. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·vi To propose hypothetical cases. II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. III. Case ·v...
A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well a...
The outside planking of the ship. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- The sand fluke (b). ...
A bribe. GERMAN. ...
·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...
·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ...
·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...
·noun The space between two principals or girders. II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...
·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles. ...
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...
A prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house. ...
The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. ...
A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...
The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...
Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...
See shrapnel shell. ...