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QUOTATION |
Allusion |
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METAPHOR |
Allusion |
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INSINUATION |
Allusion |
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IMPLICATION |
Allusion |
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HINT |
Make allusion |
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REFER |
Make allusion (to) |
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REFERENCE |
A mention or allusion |
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ALSO |
The odd allusion, as well |
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GLANCE |
An incidental or passing thought or allusion. |
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ALLUSIVE |
Having reference to something not fully expressed;
containing an allusion. |
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POLYCHROME |
Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent
solutions. |
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RIB |
A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib. |
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ALLUSIVELY |
Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by
implication, suggestion, or insinuation. |
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APE |
One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the
ape); a mimic. |
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BUTTONS |
A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on
his livery. |
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BUBBLING JOCK |
The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in
allusion to its notes. |
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SPLENIUM |
The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; --
so called in allusion to its shape. |
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AGATE |
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small
figures cut in agate for rings and seals. |
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DISTHENE |
Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its
unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite. |
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LAURINOL |
Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family
name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor. |
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INSINUATE |
To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used
derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? |
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OLIGIST |
Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in
allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite. |
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INNUENDO |
An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually
derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation. |
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BOY |
To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of
boys acting women's parts on the stage. |
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REDSHANK |
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare
legs. |