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Englishism :: Englishism (n.) A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Mistigri :: Mistigri (n.) A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri..

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..

Romany :: Romany (n.) The language spoken among themselves by the gypsies.

Poke :: Poke (v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.

Chip :: Chip (n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Poke :: Poke (v. t.) To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox..

Spoke :: Spoke (imp.) of Spea.

Father :: Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers..

Word :: Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable..

Soft-spoken :: Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable..

Pokerish :: Pokerish (a.) Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place..

Phytolacca :: Phytolacca (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed..

Misword :: Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.

Unutterable :: Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish..

Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..

Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..

Pokebag :: Pokebag (n.) The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.

Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..

Outspoken :: Outspoken (a.) Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke..

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