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Spartan :: Spartan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude..

Heterosis :: Heterosis (n.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: What is life to such as me?.

Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. t.) To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action..

Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight..

Doff :: Doff (v. t.) To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of..

Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

Herborize :: Herborize (v. t.) To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

Period :: Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals..

Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.

Shape :: Shape (n.) That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

Diallage :: Diallage (n.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point..

Thread :: Thread (n.) Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

Aegis :: Aegis (n.) A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure..

Japan :: "Japan (n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning..

Graffiti :: Graffiti (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii..

Outline :: Outline (n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.

Embossed :: Embossed (a.) Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

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