(archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry. / (archaic or literary, poetic) Of thoughts, etc.: barren, fruitless. / (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out.

(ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved.

(obsolete) A claw, a talon.

(obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart. / (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Different; diverse.

(agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.

One after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.

(chiefly law) Point by point; sequential.

(textiles) A type of worsted cloth. / (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.

(sewing) To overlock.

A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.