These are the meanings of the letters RAFTERING when you unscramble them.
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Earring (n.)
An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.
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Engraft (v. t.)
See Ingraft.
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Fearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Fear
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Frigate (n.)
Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.
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Frigate (n.)
Any small vessel on the water.
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Grafter (n.)
One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
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Grafter (n.)
An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
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Grafter (n.)
The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
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Grainer (n.)
An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
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Grainer (n.)
A knife for taking the hair off skins.
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Grainer (n.)
One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
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Granite (n.)
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.
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Granter (n.)
One who grants.
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Ingraft (v. t.)
To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.
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Ingraft (v. t.)
To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
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Ingrate (a.)
Ingrateful.
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Ingrate (n.)
An ungrateful person.
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Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raft
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Rafting (n.)
The business of making or managing rafts.
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Rearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rear
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Refrain (v. t.)
To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
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Refrain (v. t.)
To abstain from
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Refrain (v. i.)
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
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Refrain (v.)
The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
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Regraft (v. t.)
To graft again.
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Regrant (v. t.)
To grant back; to grant again or anew.
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Regrant (n.)
The act of granting back to a former proprietor.
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Regrant (n.)
A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.
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Tarring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tar
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Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tear
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Trainer (n.)
One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
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Trainer (n.)
A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.