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Flop :: Flop (v. i.) To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops..

Quaker :: Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4..

Prig :: Prig (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.

Cause :: Cause (n.) To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb..

Romp :: Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

Procure :: Procure (v. t.) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

Tentaculum :: Tentaculum (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair..

Raree-show :: Raree-show (n.) A show carried about in a box; a peep show.

Questionary :: Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

Tayra :: Tayra (n.) A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet..

Struse :: Struntian (n.) A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad..

Inquire :: Inquire (v. t.) To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

Umbe :: Umbe (prep.) About.

Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..

Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.

Colporteur :: Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books..

Hawk Moth :: Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.

Thebaid :: Thebaid (n.) A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.

Plymouth Brethren :: Plymouth Brethren () The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren..

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