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Gaily
Merrily; showily. See gaily.
Gamic
Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
Milled
of Mill
Civet
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offen..
Banyan
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the ..
Jonah
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Menial
Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
Dearly
In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
Chorea
St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Trawl
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Lucky
Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
Mister
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
Shaker
A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Descry
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
Whitsunday
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, ..
Insinuatory
Insinuative.
Coadjutant
Mutually assisting or operating; helping.
Verificative
Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
Neural
relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neur..
Vaccination
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
Boots
A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Baths
of Bath
Donna
A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.
Assort
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]
Archer
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Armada
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Coping
of Cope
Scribbled
of Scribble
Dryad
A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Ant
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Owed
of Owe
Derby
A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
Laymen
of Layman
Alee
On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.
Snivel
To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
Corbel
A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Troth
Belief; faith; fidelity.
Oath
A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
Betroth
To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
Affiance
Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Ream
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
Ante
Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
Duffel
A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
Askant
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
Pythonism
The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
Yern
Eager; brisk; quick; active.
Emmet
An ant.
Agreed
of Agree
Quire
See Choir.
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