"""barleycorn " :: Barleycorn (n.) A grain or corn of barley..

"""campagna " :: Campagna (n.) An open level tract of country; especially Campagna di Roma. The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome..

"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..

"""case " :: Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type..

"""cauliflower " :: Cauliflower (n.) The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant..

"""chilled " :: Chilled (a.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called blooming..

"""concupy " :: Concupy (n.) Concupiscence. [Used only in Troilus and Cressida].

"""covenanter " :: Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant..

"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..

"""cymbling " :: Cymbling (n.) A scalloped or pattypan variety of summer squash..

"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..

"""glance " :: Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced..

"""jockey " :: "Jockey (v. t.) "" To jostle by riding against one."".

"""lachrymatory " :: Lachrymatory (n.) A tear-bottle; a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal..

"archetypally :: Archetypally (adv.) With reference to the archetype; originally. Parts archetypally distinct..

, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. () Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically..

, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. Specifically :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize..

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

-ances :: -ances (pl. ) of Discrepanc.

-ancies :: -ancies (pl. ) of Discrepanc.

-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..

-arch :: -arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler)..

A B C :: A B C () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet..

A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

A B C :: A B C () The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance..

A Cappella :: A cappella () In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal..

A Cappella :: A cappella () A time indication, equivalent to alla breve..

Aaronic :: Aaronic (a.) Alt. of Aaronica.

Aaronical :: Aaronical (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews..

Abaca :: Abaca (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila..

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