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ODD |
Like one that’s funny |
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BRAYER |
One that brays like an ass. |
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ILK |
Oddly enough, I’d like one of that sort |
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SWIM |
The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one
swimming. |
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VELOURS |
One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of
velvet. |
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LONDONIZE |
To impart to (one) a manner or character like that
which distinguishes Londoners. |
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NURSE |
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow,
trains, fosters, or the like. |
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HARELIP |
A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of
perpendicular division like that of a hare. |
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TRAVERSER |
One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index
on a scale, and the like. |
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SPUTTER |
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a
noise like that made by one sputtering. |
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BLEAT |
To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to
cry like a sheep or calf. |
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IGNITOR |
One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a
contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like. |
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BEE LINE |
The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a
bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. |
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WHICH |
A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for
any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and
the like; as, take which you will. |
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HOMOIOUSIAN |
One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held
that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with
the Father; -- opposed to homoousian. |
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TERM |
A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely
limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a
science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. |
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RECOGNIZE |
To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to
consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal
acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul. |
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UMPIRE |
...question
between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the
rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly
... |
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SEMIDOME |
A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess,
or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the
like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere. |
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MACEDONIAN |
...Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held
that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of
the ... |
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ROTUNDA |
A round building; especially, one that is round both on
the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but
very commonly, us... |
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VASE |
...efinition
above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the
like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See ... |
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SPLINE |
A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub
and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both
must revolv... |
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WHISTLE |
...
cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that
made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's
... |
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PARTITION |
...art or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like,
from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions. ... |