1. 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an in_____ation; as, a _____ of snow. I have known the st...

2. 1. A drop; a clot or coagulation. On thy blade and dudgeon _____s of blood. Shak. 2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It cons...

3. Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. Kindles the _____ bark of fir or pi...

4. 1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B. Jonson. 2. Cessation for a time; an inte...