(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
chiefship
chiefship
noun
The role or position of a chief.
chipproof
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
crapefish
crapefish
noun
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
foreporch
halfpaced
halfpence
halfpence
noun
A halfpenny.
plural of halfpenny
hippocerf
itchproof
parfleche
parfleche
noun
(US) A form of stiff leather made from rawhide
(US) A shield, bag or other item made from this material
patchleaf
paunchful
paunchful
noun
Enough to fill one's paunch; a bellyful.
phociform
pickshaft
pinchfist
pinchfist
noun
A miser.
pitchford
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
preachify
preachify
verb
To preach didactically; to sermonize.
pulchrify
pulchrify
verb
(informal, rare) To beautify.
shipcraft
shipcraft
noun
The art or skill of navigating a ship.
speechful
speechful
adj
voluble; loquacious
noun
The entire contents of a speech.
speechify
speechify
verb
(intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
(transitive, possibly obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
surfperch
surfperch
noun
Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.