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Occupant :: Occupant (n.) A prostitute.

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

Blotting Paper :: Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots..

Paraffine :: Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or

Ready :: Ready (n.) Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready..

Surmise :: Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy..

Upend :: Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask..

Flyblow :: Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows..

Dynastidan :: Dynastidan (n.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length..

Upwards :: Upwards (adv.) In the upper parts; above.

Appoggiatura :: Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony..

Supraocular :: Supraoccipital (n.) The supraoccipital bone.

Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles..

Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..

Suppurative :: Suppurative (a.) Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.

Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..

Lexicography :: Lexicography (n.) The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries..

Dwale :: Dwale (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities..

Brave :: Brave (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act..

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