Word Meanings - SPEARWOOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An Australian tree , and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.

TOUGH-CAKE
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TOUGHEN
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed
TOUGH-HEAD
The ruddy duck.
TOUGH-PITCH
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
TOUGHLY
In a tough manner.
TOUGHISH
Tough in a slight degree.
TOUGH
toh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zahi, G. zähe, and 1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
AUSTRALIAN
Of or pertaining to Australia. -- n.
TOUGHNESS
The quality or state of being tough.