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   fetid horehound
         n 1: ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of
               dark purple flowers [syn: {black horehound}, {black
               archangel}, {fetid horehound}, {stinking horehound},
               {Ballota nigra}]

English Dictionary: fetid horehound by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feudatory
adj
  1. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship"
  2. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
n
  1. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
    Synonym(s): vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feed \Feed\, n.
      1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
            pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
            for sheep.
  
      2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
  
      3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
            meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
  
      4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
  
                     For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
                     never had I found.                              --Milton.
  
      5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
  
      6. (Mach.)
            (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
                  be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
                  machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
                  any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
                  lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
                  work.
            (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
                  steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
                  stones.
            (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
                  produced; a feed motion.
  
      {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
           
  
      {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
            fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
  
      {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
  
      {Feed head}.
            (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
                  boiler.
            (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
                  serves to render the casting more compact by its
                  pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or
                  simply {feed} or {head} --Knight.
  
      {Feed heater}.
            (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
                  the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
            (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
                 
  
      {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of
            mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly
            produces the feed in a machine.
  
      {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
            engine, etc., with water.
  
      {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
            boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a
            feeder. --Knight.
  
      {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
            regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
  
      {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heater \Heat"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, heats.
  
      2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or
            other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to
            something, or to contain something to be heated.
  
      {Feed heater}. See under {Feed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feed \Feed\, n.
      1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
            pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
            for sheep.
  
      2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
  
      3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
            meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
  
      4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
  
                     For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
                     never had I found.                              --Milton.
  
      5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
  
      6. (Mach.)
            (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
                  be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
                  machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
                  any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
                  lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
                  work.
            (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
                  steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
                  stones.
            (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
                  produced; a feed motion.
  
      {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
           
  
      {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
            fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
  
      {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
  
      {Feed head}.
            (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
                  boiler.
            (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
                  serves to render the casting more compact by its
                  pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or
                  simply {feed} or {head} --Knight.
  
      {Feed heater}.
            (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
                  the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
            (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
                 
  
      {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of
            mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly
            produces the feed in a machine.
  
      {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
            engine, etc., with water.
  
      {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
            boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a
            feeder. --Knight.
  
      {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
            regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
  
      {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feodatory \Feod"a*to*ry\, n.
      See {Feudatory}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune;
      h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
      of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a
      bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy
      for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.]
  
      {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable
            plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}).
  
      {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus},
            resembling mint, but not aromatic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feudatory \Feu"da*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Feudatories}.
      A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on
      condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
  
               The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal.
                                                                              --Blackstone.
  
               [He] had for feudatories great princes.   --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feudatory \Feu"da*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Feudatories}.
      A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on
      condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
  
               The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal.
                                                                              --Blackstone.
  
               [He] had for feudatories great princes.   --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.
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