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Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..

Idiom :: Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author..

Tow :: Tow (v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow..

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Ciceronianism :: Ciceronianism (n.) Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression..

Amass :: Amass (v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases..

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Conversationism :: Conversationism (n.) A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.

Measure :: Measure (a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers..

Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.

Leg :: Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..

Lag :: Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end..

Sea Term :: Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.

Ursa :: Ursa (n.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.

Vulgarism :: Vulgarism (n.) A vulgar phrase or expression.

Mode :: Mode (n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode..

Good :: Good (superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc..

Ultra Vires :: Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa..

Adreamed :: Adreamed (p. p.) Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream..

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