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Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock..

Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..

Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Taw :: Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles..

Kittenish :: Kittenish (a.) Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition..

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers..

Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..

Base :: Base (n.) A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars..

Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..

Inlayer :: Inlayer (n.) One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay..

Hypoblast :: Hypoblast (n.) The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm..

Solid :: Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand..

Twiddle :: Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles..

Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel..

Excommunicate :: Excommunicate (v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.

Questmonger :: Questmonger (n.) One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits..

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc..

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