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Polyhalite :: Polyhalite (n.) A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

Racket :: Racket (n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.

Rack :: Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds..

Raff :: Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff..

Wekau :: Wekau (n.) A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground..

Rack :: Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky..

Tent :: Tent (n.) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta..

Flier :: Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 4..

Strewment :: Strewing (n.) Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Botfly :: Botfly (n.) A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and anot

Starkness :: Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.

Petersham :: Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material..

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le..

Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..

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..

Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister..

Flown :: Flown () p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown..

Notable :: Notable (n.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body..

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