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Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..

Swizzle :: Swivel-eyed (a.) Squint-eyed.

Trigamy :: Trigamy (n.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time..

Harem :: Harem (n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio..

Housewive :: Housewive (v. t.) To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize..

Polygyny :: Polygyny (n.) The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..

Ring :: Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite..

Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous..

Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery..

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

Wiveless :: Wiveless (a.) Wifeless.

Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.

Midwives :: Midwives (pl. ) of Midwif.

Wives :: Wives (pl. ) of Wif.

Jingal :: "Jingal (n.) A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel..

Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.

Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun..

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