These are the meanings of the letters VECRIT when you unscramble them.
- Citer (n.)
One who cites.
- Civet (n.)
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.
- Civet (n.)
The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.
- Civet (v. t.)
To scent or perfume with civet.
- Evict (v. t.)
To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
- Evict (v. t.)
To evince; to prove.
- recit (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- Recti (pl. )
of Rectus
- Rivet (n.)
A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
- Rivet (v. t.)
Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.
- Rivet (v. t.)
To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
- Rivet (v. t.)
To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
- Trice (n.)
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
- Trice (v. t.)
To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
- Trice (v. t.)
To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.