gridded



barred, grated, laced, lacy, meshed, netted, reticular, streaked, striped ,

   tediousness - angst, anguish, anxiety, blahs, boredom, deadness, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dread, dryness,

   penitential act - Day of Atonement, asceticism, fasting, flagellation, mortification, penance, penitence, purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes ,

   troubadour poem - ballad, bucolic, dirge, elegy, epic, epigram, haiku, idyll, jingle, limerick, lyric, madrigal, monody, nursery rhyme, ode,

   flail away at - flail, hit, let fly at, lunge, poke, strike out, swing ,

   coupon - check, counter, scrip, slug, tag, ticket, token ,

   graduated scale - barometer, canon, check, compass, criterion, degree, gauge, measure, model, norm, parameter, pattern, quantity, reading, readout,

   grade by grade - bit by bit, by degrees, little by little, slowly, step by step ,

   molestation - abuse, aggravation, annoyance, assault, atrocity, bad news, bore, bother, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, exasperation, harassment,

   easel - air brush, art paper, brush, canvas, chalk, charcoal, crayon, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, fixative, ground, lay figure, medium, paint,

   serviceman - air serviceman, armed forces, brave, cannon fodder, cobbler, doctor, fighter, fighting man, fixer, food for powder, forces, legionary, maintenance man, man-at-arms, mechanic,