A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
To emit or issue (something) hastily.
To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
Of rain: to fall heavily.
To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.