My 3, 8, 1, is a quick inclination.

My 7, 9, with one of the letters doubled indicates comfort.

My whole is a flower.

4. I am composed of eight letters.

My 7, 4, 5, 3, is a kind of skin.

My 6, 2, 8, represents a number.

My 1 is a part of speech.

My whole is an animal.

DECAPITATIONS.

1. Behead a stream of water, and leave a bird like a crow, behead a carpenter’s tool and leave a passage, behead a section of a carriage and leave the hind part of a section of the body, behead an edible fish and leave a multitude.