strake
n. - Each of the several continuous lines of planking or plates, of uniform breadth, in the side of a vessel, extending from stem to stern. Hence, the breadth of a plank used as a unit of vertical measurement in a ship's side.--A strip, narrow tract (of land or water).--A ray, beam of light.--A swath (of mown grass); a wisp (of straw).
n. - A shallow pit for the purpose of washing ore.
v. - To extend, stretch.
v. - To sound (a particular call) on the horn.
v. - To rub lightly, esp. with an unguent or the like; to smear, grease. Also with over.
v. - To draw (something) along a surface.
v. - To become streaky.
tawse
n. - A whip for driving a spinning top; esp. one made of a thong.--
spec. An instrument of family or school discipline, used in Scottish and many English schools, consisting of a leathern strap or thong, divided at the end into narrow strips.
lucken
ppl. - Closed, locked, shut up, close-joined; said e.g. of the hand or fist (lit. and fig.); also
spec. of web-feet.
spoor
n. - The trace, track, or trail of a person or animal, esp. of wild animals pursued as game.--The track of a vehicle.
dunt
n. - A firm but dull-sounding blow or stroke. A wound produced by such a blow.--A beat or palpitation of the heart.
adj. - Stupid, dizzy, or giddy, from an affection of the brain: said especially of sheep or calves.
v. - Of the heart: To beat violently.
v. - To drive stupid, to deafen or stun with noise.
imbricate
n./adj. - Covered with or composed of scales or scalelike parts overlapping like roof-tiles; e.g. said of the scaly covering of reptiles and fishes, of leaf-buds.
slub
n. - Thick sludgy mud; mire, ooze.
n. - A lump on a thread.--A yarn containing thickened parts, or slubs, at intervals; a fabric woven from such a yarn. Also attrib., having an irregular effect given by a warp of uneven thickness.
v. To draw out and twist (wool, cotton, etc.) after carding, so as to prepare it for spinning.
