(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.
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.
guffaw
guffaw
noun
A boisterous laugh.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh boisterously.
lawful
lawful
adj
(law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
noun
(role-playing games) A character having a lawful alignment.
pewful
pewful
noun
An amount sufficient to fill a pew.
unweft
unwoof
upflow
upflow
noun
A flowing upward.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To flow or stream upwards.
upwaft
upwaft
verb
(archaic, poetic, intransitive) To waft upward.
waeful
wamefu
warful
warful
adj
Indicative of war; warlike.
waufie
wigful
wigful
noun
An amount done by people who wear wigs.
As much as will fit in or on a wig.
wilful
wilful
adj
Intentional; deliberate.
Stubborn and determined.
winful
witful
witful
adj
Full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible
woeful
woeful
adj
Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.