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Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) Also in an extended sense.

Parabole :: Parabole (n.) Similitude; comparison.

Hyperbolism :: Hyperbolism (n.) The use of hyperbole.

Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..

Pargasite :: Pargasite (n.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende..

Bolero :: Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it..

Metabole :: Metabole (n.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment..

Meiosis :: Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is..

Bolection :: Bolection (n.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Amphibole :: Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constit

Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii..

Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Rokambole :: Rokambole (n.) See Rocambole.

Ecbole :: Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.

Uralite :: Uralite (n.) Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.

Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..

Tribolet :: Tribolet (n.) A tapering mandrel.

Soboliferous :: Soboliferous (a.) Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..

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