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Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..

Wiveless :: Wiveless (a.) Wifeless.

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

Chichevache :: Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition..

Wivern :: Wivern (n.) The weever.

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..

Wive :: Wive (v. i.) To marry, as a man; to take a wife..

Seawives :: Seawives (pl. ) of Seawif.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Wives :: Wives (n.) pl. of Wife.

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

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

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

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

Midwives :: Midwives (pl. ) of Midwif.

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

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