A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
A tuft or clump of grass.
A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
The employees of a business.
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.