n. [ From the introducer, a German named
n. A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The time to go to bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist
n. (Zool.) See Verdin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ AS. s&aemacr_;dtīma. ] The season proper for sowing. [ 1913 Webster ]
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]