Crossword-Solution: LEVIGATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Levigate | a. | Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. |
| Levigate | v. t. | To make smooth in various senses |
| Levigate | v. t. | To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste. |
| Levigate | v. t. | To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids. |
| Levigate | v. t. | To polish. |
| Levigate | v. t. | To make smooth in action. |
| Levigate | v. t. | Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments. |
| Levigate | a. | Made smooth, as if polished. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Make smooth by polishing. | 1 answer |
| Make Smooth | 23 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with LEVIGATE (2)
One method of preparing it, is to levigate any quantity of gold or silver leaves on a stone, with some clarified honey; dilute the honey with clear water, that the bronze may settle; pour off the water and honey, and add fresh water to the bronze, which, after being thus thoroughly washed, may be dried on paper, and is ready for use.
Wherefore we must use in general those applications called acopa which are recommended for paralysis; but in particular levigate a burnt swift (_stellio_), and, adding oil to it, anoint the great toe of the right foot, and then try the venereal act; and when you wish to give over, wash away the ointment from the toe.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1953).