performed in a workmanlike, valiant, and useful manner, especially in situations involving a great deal of effort

to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

ardent; passionate

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

intestinal cramps or other intestinal disturbances due to anxiety