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.
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
A rampage.
A hole or break caused by tearing.
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
To injure as if by pulling apart.
To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
To produce tears.
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
To become torn, especially accidentally.
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
To remove by tearing.
To smash or enter something with great force.
To demolish