forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
commencing with; including
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
sublime; noble; high-minded
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
nothing but; none other than
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
apparently; appears to be
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
offensive camp; team at bat
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand