returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to make one feel grateful
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
old body; aged person; elderly person
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
retainer; vassal; servant
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
Scotch; Scotch whisky; Scotch tweed
retiring from military service
exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance
outward; superficial; external; apparent
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
rationality; reasonableness
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
one person; another name; nickname; alias
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
mounting for two or more guns (e.g. naval turret, tank)