(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
dwarfy
dwarfy
adj
Much undersized; dwarfish.
farrow
farrow
adj
(of cows) Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
noun
A litter of piglets.
verb
To give birth to a (litter of piglets).
fawner
fawner
noun
One who fawns; a sycophant.
feower
fewter
fewter
noun
A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
verb
(transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
flower
flower
noun
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
(in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
(in the plural, obsolete) Menstrual discharges.
(obsolete) Flour.
(printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
(rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
(usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
A cut flower; the stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
The best examples or representatives of a group.
The best state of things; the prime.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
(intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
(intransitive) To put forth blooms.
(intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
(transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
forbow
forhow
forhow
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To cast off; scorn.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.
(transitive, obsolete) To despise; scorn.
forwhy
forwhy
conj
(obsolete) Because; for the reason that.
fowler
fowler
noun
A hunter of wildfowl.
frower
frower
noun
A froe or frow (cleaving tool).
frowns
frowns
noun
plural of frown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frown
frowny
frowny
adj
(informal or childish) Frowning.
She made a frowny face.
noun
Short for frowny face.
frowst
frowst
noun
Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
verb
(intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
frowsy
frowsy
adj
Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
frowze
frowze
verb
Alternative form of frowse
frowzy
frowzy
adj
Alternative spelling of frowsy
furrow
furrow
noun
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
verb
(transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
(transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
(transitive) To wrinkle.
gowfer
reflew
reflew
verb
simple past tense of refly
reflow
reflow
noun
(computing) The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
A flowing back again.
verb
(intransitive) To flow back again; to flow once more.
(transitive, chiefly engineering) To cause to flow again, to remelt.
(transitive, computing, wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
swarfs
swarfs
noun
plural of swarf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarf
twofer
twofer
noun
A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer.
Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.
The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt.
wafers
wafers
noun
plural of wafer
wafery
wafery
adj
(of bread) Sliced very thinly.
Like a wafer (especially, thin, brittle, light).
noun
(obsolete, historical) A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
wafter
wafter
noun
(obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
(obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
One who, or that which, wafts.
warful
warful
adj
Indicative of war; warlike.
watfor
werfel
wharfe
wharfs
whyfor
whyfor
adv
(dialect) why; for what reason
wolfer
wolfer
noun
One who devours food greedily; one who wolfs down food.