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Teuton :: Teuton (n.) One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race..

Icelandic :: Icelandic (n.) The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken..

Talebearer :: Talebearer (n.) One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief..

Scansion :: Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise..

Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..

Scantlet :: Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.

Discandy :: Discandy (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to thaw.

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Scotist :: Scotist (n.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic..

Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis..

Scandal :: Scandal (v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.

Spheniscan :: Spheniscan (n.) Any species of penguin.

Saga :: Saga (n.) A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time..

D :: D () As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000..

Scant :: Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Public :: Public (a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal..

Leghorn :: Leghorn (n.) A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Tuscan :: Tuscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.

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