Fiber is also known as roughage. It is the indigestible part of plant foods that pushes through our digestive system, absorbing water along the way and easing bowel movements. The word fiber (North American) can also be spelled fibre (British).
1. the hock of an animal, esp. of a horse. 2. Also called gamâ²brel stick`. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal. hockshin, gambrel - The underside of the thigh is the hockshin or gambrel.
The term knobstick âa knobbed stick, cane, or club used chiefly as a weaponâ refers to the churchwardenâs staff, the symbol of his office, used as an instrument of coercion, or cudgel. put the screws to To compel action by exercise of coercion, pressure, extortion, blackmail, etc.