A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
To regard with suspicion; to question.
Fat; lard; fat meat.
A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
The fat of the hippopotamus.
A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
To mark with specks; to speckle.