Word Meanings - SCRATCHBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.

• Tearless
  Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
• Drawing
  of Draw
• Drawgloves
  An old game, played by holding up the fingers.
• Drawhead
  The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.
• Sounded
  of Sound
• Tearpit
  A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
• Drawing knife
  Alt. of Drawknife
• Sounding
  of Sound
• Tear-thumb
  A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.
• Drawable
  Capable of being drawn.
• Drawknife
  A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
• Soundable
  Capable of being sounded.
• Drawback
  A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
• Drawing-room
  A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
• Soundage
  Dues for soundings.

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