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Soupe-maigre :: Soupe-maigre (n.) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry..

Tatter :: Tatter (n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural..

Amber :: Amber (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly..

Oared :: Oared (a.) Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat..

Datum :: Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Phono :: Phono (n.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.

Arboriculture :: Arboriculture (n.) The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes..

Pyrosmalite :: Pyrosmalite (n.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe..

Gout :: Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn..

Nudity :: Nudity (n.) That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense..

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..

Sensitivity :: Sensitivity (n.) The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver..

Sable :: Sable (a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Victual :: Victual (n.) Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.

Batfowling :: Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise..

Mete :: Mete (n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds..

Strychnos :: Strychnine (n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina..

Friesic :: Friesic (n.) The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..

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