fastened (verb)
111lace — I. verb (laced; lacing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lacer, from Latin laqueare to ensnare, from laqueus Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets < laces her… …
112log — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English logge Date: 14th century 1. a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree; especially a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long 2. an… …
113loose — I. adjective (looser; loosest) Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old Norse lauss; akin to Old High German lōs loose more at less Date: 13th century 1. a. not rigidly fastened or securely attached b. (1) having worked partly free from… …
114mop — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mappe Date: 15th century 1. an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning floors 2. something that resembles a mop; especially a thick mass of hair II. verb… …
115raft — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rafte rafter, raft, from Old Norse raptr rafter Date: 15th century 1. a. a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water b. a flat structure for support or transportation on water 2. a… …
116rein — I. noun Etymology: Middle English reine, from Anglo French resne, reine, from Vulgar Latin *retina, from Latin retinēre to restrain more at retain Date: 14th century 1. a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal… …
117riffle — I. verb (riffled; riffling) Etymology: 2riffle Date: 1754 intransitive verb 1. to form, flow over, or move in riffles 2. to flip cursorily ; thumb < riffle through the catalog > …
118roll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rolle, from Anglo French roule, rolle, from Medieval Latin rolla, alteration of rotula, from Latin, diminutive of rota wheel; akin to Old High German rad wheel, Welsh rhod, Sanskrit ratha wagon Date: 13th century …
119scythe — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sithe, from Old English sīthe; akin to Old English sagu saw more at saw Date: before 12th century an implement used for mowing (as grass) and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle …
120shear — I. verb (sheared; sheared or shorn; shearing) Etymology: Middle English sheren, from Old English scieran; akin to Old Norse skera to cut, Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed, Greek keirein to cut, shear, Sanskrit kṛnāti he injures Date: before 12th …
