to refine (the) grain
91DIETARY LAWS — DIETARY LAWS, the collective term for the Jewish laws and customs pertaining to the types of food permitted for consumption and their preparation. The Hebrew term is kashrut, which is derived from the root כשר ( fit or proper ). The word appears… …
92Knife making — For more information, see the Knife article. Knife Making (also known as knifesmithing) is the process of manufacturing a cutting instrument by any one or a combination of processes: stock removal, forged to shape, welded lamination or investment …
93Qoriwayrachina — Near Qoriwayrachina A previously unknown Inca settlement, Qoriwayrachina was found in 2001. Quriwayrachina is Quechua for where wind was used to refine gold , Close to nearby ancient Inca mines, the surrounding hills are covered with the littered …
94touch — v 1. feel, finger, thumb, palm; hold, pick up, handle, manipulate, twiddle, trifle with, play with; palpate, poke around in; examine or investigate or study with the hands, stroke, caress, pet, fondle, paw, Sl. feel up, Yiddish. glet; massage,… …
95try — [trī] vt. tried, trying [ME trien < OFr trier < ? VL * tritare, to cull out, grind < L tritus, pp. of terere, to rub, thresh grain: see TRITE] 1. Obs. to separate; set apart 2. a) to melt or render (fat, etc.) to get (the oil) b) to… …
96Distill — Dis*till , v. t. 1. To let fall or send down in drops. [1913 Webster] Or o er the glebe distill the kindly rain. Pope. [1913 Webster] The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To obtain by… …
97mark — Synonyms and related words: John Hancock, X, accent, accent mark, account, affection, aim, alphabet, alphabetize, amount, ampersand, analyze, anatomize, angle brackets, animadvert, apostrophe, appoint, appraise, appreciate, approve, argue, aroma …
98smooth — Synonyms and related words: Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Mickey Mouse, Tullian, accordant, acomous, acute, adipose, adulatory, agreeable, aid, align, alike, all jaw, allay, ameliorate, appease, arch,… …
99strain — I v 1. tighten, draw tight or taut, stretch, extend, elongate, distend. 2. exert to the utmost, sharpen, whet, hone, make keen, sensitize; rack the brain, peel the eye, squint, listen hard, cock the ear, keep one s ears open. 3. sprain, wrench,… …
100strain — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, abrade, affectation, affiliation, agitation, aim, air, all overs, anacrusis, ancestry, angst, animal kingdom, animus, antistrophe, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious… …
