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Withe :: Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy..

Impropriety :: Impropriety (n.) That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language..

Flint :: Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks..

Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.

Cocus Wood :: Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments..

Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it..

Cittern-head :: Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Lungwort :: Lungwort (n.) An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung..

Give :: Give (n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc..

Reillume :: Reillume (v. t.) To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.

Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

Hoarding :: Hoarding (n.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.

Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine..

Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..

Panic :: Panic (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm..

Pali :: Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..

Condemned :: Condemned (a.) Used for condemned persons.

Repose :: Repose (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch..

Pastille :: Pastille (n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room..

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