A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.
To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
A leg.
An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
To get a batsman out stumped.
To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.
To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
To campaign.