concassationn.
/kɒnkaˈseɪʃən/ ‘The reduction of roots or woods into small fragments in order that their active principles may be more easily obtained’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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n.- better still
- better sure than sorry
- better than
- better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
- better than nothing
- better than ordinary
- better the devil you know
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- better to be safe than sorry
- better to be sure than sorry
- better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- better to say
- better wed over the mixen than over the moor
- better will
- better yet
- better-balanced
- better-behaved
- better-born
- better-class
- better-considered
- better-dressed
- better-educated
- better-equipped
- better-heeled