The den of an otter.
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
Psychotherapy.
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
A bed, a resting-place.
To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Having a low concentration.
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.