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Skit :: Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

Pettifoggery :: Pettifoggery (n.) The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

Equibalanced :: Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalanc.

Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning.

Salve :: Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over..

Pettifogging :: Pettifogging (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.

Sesqui- :: Sesqui- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide..

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..

Quibblingly :: Quibblingly (adv.) Triflingly; evasively.

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing..

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.

Squib :: Squib (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

Hairsplitter :: Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Quillet :: Quillet (n.) Subtilty; nicety; quibble.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Sesquibasic :: Sesquibasic (a.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Quibbled :: Quibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Quibbl.

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