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Goolde :: Goolde (n.) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole..

Caxton :: Caxton (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer..

Plethrum :: Plethrum (n.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet..

Covenant :: Covenant (n.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the Solemn League and Covenant..

Transposition :: Transposition (n.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English..

English :: English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain..

#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..

Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..

Margrave :: Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis..

#NAME? :: -s () The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends..

Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..

Alexandrine :: Alexandrine (n.) A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.

English :: English (n.) Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons..

Groom :: Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole..

Sigma :: Sigma (n.) The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C..

Skittles :: Skittles (v. t.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins..

R :: R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254..

Metre :: Metre (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric..

Bodle :: Bodle (n.) A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.

Calorie :: Calorie (n.) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound..

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