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Month
n.
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One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
Thornset
a.
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Set with thorns.
Patrimony
n.
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A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.
A mensa et thoro
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A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
Plebeianizing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Plebeianize
Tame
superl.
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Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
Annoy
n.
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A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
Conjure
v. t.
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To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
Scalp
n.
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Fig.: The top; the summit.
Plash
v. t.
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To splash, as water.
Pleat
n. & v. t.
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See Plait.
Attrition
n.
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The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Taking
n.
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Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
Multivocal
n.
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A multivocal word.
Soldo
n.
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A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.
Ligroin
n.
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A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
Masseter
n.
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The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
Banal
a.
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Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Retiped
n.
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A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
Coralwort
n.
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A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
Foil
v. t.
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To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
Gazel
n.
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See Gazelle.
Dadle
v. i.
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To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
Accrument
n.
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The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.
Elementally
adv.
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According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.
Moralize
v. t.
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To render moral; to correct the morals of.
Abetting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Abet
Tribunitious
a.
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Tribunician; tribunitial.
Fluoborate
n.
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A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
Shrub
n.
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A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.