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Morris :: Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters..

Evangelical :: Evangelical (a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of Justification by Faith alone; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox..

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or Old) Saxon..

Jurassic :: "Jurassic (a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains..

Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..

Till :: Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week..

Frankpledge :: Frankpledge (n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety..

Glandiferous :: Glandiferous (a.) Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees..

Bloody Sweat :: Bloody sweat () A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries..

Adenophorous :: Adenophorous (a.) Producing glands.

Cantabrigian :: Cantabrigian (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England..

Liver :: Liver (n.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

Conarium :: Conarium (n.) The pineal gland.

Prostate :: Prostate (n.) The prostate gland.

Landgrave :: Landgrave (n.) A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

Lacteal :: Lacteal (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Hepato-pancreas :: Hepato-pancreas (n.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates..

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