v
(transitive, intransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.
n
(UK, obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
n
Alternative form of fire whirls plural of fire-whirl
n
A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
n
The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.
v
(intransitive) To ripple or swirl, especially of water.
n
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
v
To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
adj
That purls; rippling, eddying.
v
Ellipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
v
(intransitive) To form a rift; to split open.
n
(obsolete) A blast of wind.
v
(transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
n
Alternative form of roostertail [A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.]
n
(uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
n
(military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
n
The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
n
An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
n
The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
n
A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
n
Alternative spelling of skidmark [A long black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.]
n
A long black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
v
(dialectal, of rain or snow) To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).
n
Synonym of scratch print
n
A wound caused by stabbing.
v
(archaic) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
n
(rare, obsolete) A whirlpool.
adj
(of trees or other plants) Having tanglefoot applied (to trap insects and prevent them from climbing up).
n
The inner layer of tree bark, beneath the overbark.
adj
Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
n
An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
v
(Scotland) To winnow grain using such a device.
v
(transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.
n
(archaic, poetic) A whirlwind.
n
(Australia) A whirlwind, cyclone or tornado; a dust devil.
n
a form of fan or basket used for winnowing
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