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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..

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..

Midwives :: Midwives (pl. ) of Midwif.

Wyvern :: Wyvern (n.) Same as Wiver.

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..

Wived :: Wived (imp. & p. p.) of Wiv.

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

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

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

Trigamist :: Trigamist (n.) One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time..

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

Wiver :: Wiver (n.) Alt. of Wiver.

Alewives :: Alewives (pl. ) of Alewif.

Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..

Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.

Midwive :: Midwive (v. t.) To midwife.

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels..

Polygamize :: Polygamize (v. i.) To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

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