Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom;..of Alfa grassA plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also,.its fiber, used in paper making.The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California,
This crossword contains the following list of questions:
- 1. Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
- 2. A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
- 3. Alt. of Alfa grass
- 4. A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
- 5. The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
- 6. The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.
- 7. To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
- 8. Of the nature of cedar.
- 9. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
- 10. A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.
- 11. The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
- 12. Full of spunk; quick; spirited.
- 13. of Spurn
- 14. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- 15. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.