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Plagal :: Plagal (a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave..

Pallas :: Pallas (n.) Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva..

Black Monday :: Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold..

Chatty :: Chatty (n.) A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc..

Crockery :: Crockery (n.) Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds..

Digester :: Digester (n.) A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power..

Magnetite :: Magnetite (n.) An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called also magnetic iron..

Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..

Thenar :: Thenar (n.) The palm of the hand.

Phratry :: Phratry (n.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens..

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus..

Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

Anneal :: Anneal (v. t.) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen..

Strengthener :: Strengthen (v. i.) To grow strong or stronger.

Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..

Current :: Current (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

Octonaphthene :: Octonaphthene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum..

Elgin Marbles :: Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..

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