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Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Betel Nut :: Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime..

Hew :: Hew (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off..

Manducable :: Manducable (a.) Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.

Nicking :: Nicking (v. t.) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.

Quid :: Quid (v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses..

Chew :: Chew (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..

Chewink :: Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin..

Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

Bhang :: Bhang (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh..

Areca :: Areca (n.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime..

Foreshew :: Foreshew (v. t.) See Foreshow.

Chewet :: Chewet (n.) A kind of meat pie.

Thewed :: Thewed (a.) Accustomed; mannered.

Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew..

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A cousin.

Seldshewn :: Seldshewn (a.) Rarely shown or exhibited.

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