The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.