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Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Wanton :: Wanton (v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness..

Architectonical :: Architectonical (a.) Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive..

Lingual :: Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter..

Jet :: "Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber..

Netfish :: Netfish (n.) An astrophyton.

Biltong :: Biltong (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.

Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones..

Soapstone :: Soapstone (n.) See Steatite, and Talc..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..

Appellative :: Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie..

Patonce :: Patonce (a.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

Whimper :: Whimper (v. t.) To utter in alow, whining tone..

Music :: Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear..

Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

Sportful :: Sportful (a.) Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion..

Singingly :: Singingly (adv.) With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.

Phototonus :: Phototonus (n.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.

High :: High (superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..

Embank :: Embank (v. t.) To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

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