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Vellon :: Vellon (n.) A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real.

Good :: Good (superl.) Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc..

Phraseologic :: Phraseologic (a.) Alt. of Phraseologica.

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

Ods :: Ods (interj.) A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.

Parlance :: Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance..

Latinize :: Latinize (v. i.) To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.

Metaphrasis :: Metaphrasis (n.) Metaphrase.

Fiddledeedee :: Fiddledeedee (interj.) An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!.

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..

Incorporative :: Incorporative (a.) Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word..

Epiphora :: Epiphora (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas..

Italicism :: Italicism (n.) A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; to Italianism.

Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase..

Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..

Neoterism :: Neoterism (n.) An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.

Auld Lang Syne :: Auld lang syne () A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.

Periphrase :: Periphrase (v. i.) To use circumlocution.

Moto :: Moto (n.) Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc..

Volta :: Volta (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain..

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