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Langrel :: Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister..

Caecum :: Caecum (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct..

School :: School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school..

Lucchese :: Lucchese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca..

Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish..

Pulque :: Pulque (n.) An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.

Hyrcanian :: Hyrcanian (a.) Alt. of Hyrca.

Americanism :: Americanism (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

Communicant :: Communicant (n.) One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

Hankey-pankey :: Hankey-pankey (n.) Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery..

Thunder :: Thunder (n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon..

Fratricelli :: Fratricelli (n. pl.) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli..

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Decanter :: Decanter (n.) One who decants liquors.

Buckeye :: Buckeye (n.) A cant name for a native in Ohio.

Enteric :: Enteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal..

Stretching :: Stretcher (n.) The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.

Tucan :: Tucan (n.) The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza..

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