These are the meanings of the letters ARFTERY when you unscramble them.
- Artery (n.)
Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
- Artery (n.)
One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
- Artery (n.)
The trachea or windpipe.
- Frater (n.)
A monk; also, a frater house.
- Rafter (n.)
A raftsman.
- Rafter (n.)
Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
- Rafter (v. t.)
To furnish with rafters, as a house.
- Rafter (v. t.)
To make into rafters, as timber.
- Rafter (v. t.)
To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
- Rarefy (v. i.)
To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
- Rarefy (v. t.)
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.