HOMOGRAPHS  III

Homographs are words that have two or more meanings. Rock is an example. A rock can be a stone, a type of music, or it can mean to move back and forth, as in rocking a baby. There are thousands of homographs in English. The most interesting ones are those, like rock, in which the two (or more) meanings are completely unrelated (or at least only distantly related). In each clue below, both definitions can be satisfied by the same word. What is the word?

1. Kind of tree and part of the hand
2. Way of cooking meat and scarce and unusual
3. Skin condition and bold and impulsive
4. Layer, as of paint, and an item of clothing
5. Howl and inlet of the sea
6. Machine used to lift heavy things and a bird
7. To fasten securely and to run away
8. Journey and to fall down
9. Unit of weight and an animal shelter
10. A direction and correct
11. A vegetable and to smash
12. A tool and a cliche
13. Part of a book and to summon
14. To nag and complain and a fish
15. Human torso and a piece of furniture
16. Baby cow and part of the leg
17. A tie and to create a picture
18. Mathematical average and cruel
19. Imitate and and an animal
20. Take out on dates and a judicial unit

Answers:

1. Palm
2. Rare
3. Rash
4. Coat
5. Bay
6. Crane
7. Bolt
8. Trip
9. Pound
10. Right
11. Squash
12. Saw
13. Page
14. Carp
15. Chest
16. Calf
17. Draw
18. Mean
19. Ape
20. Court