A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”)
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
The act of wandering; a ramble.
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
To card wool or other fibres.
To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
simple past tense of rive
simple past tense of reeve
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
To roam or wander through.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.