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burnoun	A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
cocklenoun	Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
flakesnoun	A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
mossnoun	Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
thistlesnoun	Thistles, previously known as F van der Merwe XI, are a South African women's cricket team that compete in the Women's T20 Super League.
weedsnoun	(obsolete) Clothes.
bursnoun	A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
foxtailsnoun	A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
awlnoun	A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
emery clothnoun	An abrasive material, like sandpaper, made by gluing grains of emery to a cloth surface.
emerynoun	(petrology) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
darning needlenoun	A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
blackheadnoun	(countable, medicine) A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
undercoatnoun	A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
fletchingnoun	The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
callusesnoun	A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
swarfnoun	(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
sphagnumnoun	Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
harrownoun	A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
mattsnoun	A surname transferred from the given name.