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

"""belord " :: Belord (v. t.) To address by the title of lord..

"""blue Book " :: Blue book () The United States official Biennial Register..

"""bonnilass " :: Bonnilass (n.) A bonny lass; a beautiful girl..

"""boomer " :: Boomer (n.) One who works up a boom..

"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..

"""bronze " :: Bronze (a.) Boldness; impudence; brass..

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

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

"""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..

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

"""goosewinged " :: Goosewinged (a.) Having a goosewing..

"""haemony " :: Haemony (n.) A plant described by Milton as of sovereign use against all enchantments..

"""helio- " :: Helio- () A combining form from Gr. h`lios the sun..

"""holo- " :: Holo- () A combining form fr. Gr. o`los whole..

"""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..

"""loo " :: Loo (n.) A modification of the game of all fours in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack..

"""louk " :: Louk (n.) An accomplice; a pal..

"""opalotype " :: Opalotype (n.) A picture taken on milky glass..

"adonist :: Adonist (n.) One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah are really the vowel points of the word Adonai. See Jehovist..

"aleurone :: Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (protein granules) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm..

"anonym :: Anonym (n.) One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for pseudonym..

"dormant :: Dormant (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep..

''mongst :: 'Mongst (prep.) See Amongst.

''sblood :: 'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

''swounds :: Swound (v. & n.) See Swoon, v. & n..

, 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..

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