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Warty adj.

Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.

Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence.

Warty egg (Zool.), a marine univalve shell (Ovulum verrucosum), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations.

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Etymology of 'Warty'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Warty" Quotes from Famous Books

... in hand, which I will tell you by word of mouth) that our learned and holy prude is exceedingly disposed to use the means, supposed in the primitive command, let what will come of the end. The curate indeed is very filthy.—Such a red, spungy (sic), warty nose! Such a squint!—In short, he is ugly beyond expression; and, what ought naturally to render him peculiarly displeasing to one of Mrs D——'s constitution and propensities, he is stricken in years. Nor do I really know how they will live. ...

— Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e • Lady Mary Wortley Montague

... pie is of a deep orange yellow with a rough, warty surface. Remove the soft, spongy pulp and seeds of the pumpkin, pare and cut into small pieces. Steam until tender. Put in a colander to drain, then mash through colander with wooden potato masher. For ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

... oil which solidifies rapidly and may be crystallized from hot water after the addition of a little hydrochloric acid. This clouds in cooling, and after a certain time it separates in small crystals of indeterminate form which unite in warty concretions. After drying the salt forms a dull powder, melting between 275 deg. F. and 280 deg. F. It also melts in boiling water, and its aqueous solution exposed to the light is partially reduced, 100 grammes of water acidulated with 10 cubic centimeters of 1.190 deg. solution of hydrochloric ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various

Words linked to "Warty" : wartlike, unsmooth, wart, verrucose, rough