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Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Barleybreak
noun · 78% connection
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Brettice
noun · 78% connection
The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Carpet
noun · 78% connection
A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Clerestory
noun · 78% connection
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Engrain
verb · 78% connection
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Fan palm
unknown · 78% connection
Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Gothic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, gen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Graniferous
adjective · 78% connection
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Houseleek
noun · 78% connection
A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Jag
noun · 78% connection
A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Juncous
adjective · 78% connection
Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Kingtruss
unknown · 78% connection
A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Lead
noun · 78% connection
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Leghorn
noun · 78% connection
A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Litter
noun · 78% connection
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
Mat
noun · 78% connection
A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for coverin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straw, rushes, like, making, covering.
