thread or cloth made from flax fibre; or any domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibres.

a part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face.

of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

a rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

contemptible, unpleasant (of a person); objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

a person trained to provide care for the sick.

to make (something) deviate from its original path.

a person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft.

to crush something by walking on it.

superlative form of deep: most deep; extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.

simple past and past participle of debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.

to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

a closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.

to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)