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Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..

Round :: Round (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Enwind :: Enwind (v. t.) To wind about; to encircle.

Forthcoming :: Forthcoming (a.) Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

Doit :: Doit (n.) A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money..

Caucasian :: Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type..

Autophagi :: Autophagi (n. pl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

Wallet :: Wallet (n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack..

Arum :: Arum (n.) A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example..

Mancus :: Mancus (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money..

Cohort :: Cohort (n.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

Hoe :: Hoe (n.) A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle..

Proll :: Proll (v. i.) To prowl about; to rob.

Seismography :: Seismography (n.) A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes..

Squaimous :: Squail (v. i.) To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.

Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..

Some :: Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence..

Flicker :: Flicker (v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light..

Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..

Phalangist :: Phalangist (n.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail..

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