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cthonic

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cthonic: of or relating to the underworld

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griggles

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griggles: small or inferior apples left on a tree after picking

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helve

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helve: the handle of a weapon or tool

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mackle

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mackle: a blur or double impression on a printed sheet

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thole

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thole: either of a pair of pins set in the gunwale of a boat to hold an oar in place

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palfrey

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palfrey: a docile horse

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quincunx

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quincunx: an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center

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corbeil (kOr-bA)

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corbeil: a sculptured basket of flowers or fruit as an architectural decoration

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biffin

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biffin: an English apple of a variety often sold after being dried in the oven

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trammel

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trammel: to catch or hold as if in a net; a net for catching birds or fish

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deltiologist

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deltiologist: a person who collects postcards as a hobby

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monteith

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monteith: a large silver punch bowl with a scalloped or notched rim from which punch cups are hung

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aubade

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aubade: a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone, a dawn serenade

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bombardon

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bombardon: a bass tuba; the bass member of the shawm family

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curple

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curple: (Scottish) buttocks

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keckle

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keckle: to wind rope around to preserve its surface from being fretted

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layboy

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layboy: a device that stacks and jogs into even piles sheets of pulp or paper received from cutters, printing presses, etc.

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shiralee

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shiralee: the blanket roll of a tramp

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canthus

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canthus: either of the angles formed by the meeting of an eye’s upper and lower eyelids

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fribble

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fribble: a foolish or frivolous person, anything trifling or frivilous

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lapillus

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lapillus: a small stony or glassy fragment of lava ejected in a volcanic eruption

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riprap

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riprap: a foundation or sustaining wall of stones or chunks of concrete thrown together without order (as in deep water)

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piggin

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piggin: a small wooden pail with one stave extended upward as a handle

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lambent

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lambent: playing lightly on or over a surface, flickering; softly bright or radiant; marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

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brigand
brigand: a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions
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thripple
thripple: an extension frame or rail used on a vehicle usually for hay
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brochette
brochette: a skewer or spit on which chunks of meat or fish are barbecued, grilled, or roasted
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bissextile
bissextile: leap year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar
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becket
becket: a loop of rope or similar device for securing loose items on a ship
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fossick
fossick: rummage, search
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banjax
banjax: (Irish) to destroy, damage, defeat, injure
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pollex
pollex: the first digit of the forelimb, thumb
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bullock
bullock: a young bull; a castrated bull; steer
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bargeboard
bargeboard: a board, typically ornamental, fixed to the gable end of a roof to hide the ends of the roof timbers
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pinacotheca
pinacotheca: a place where works of art are displayed or stored
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surquedry
surquedry: also surquidry; overbearing pride
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barouche
barouche: a four-wheeled carriage with a driver's seat high in front, two double seats inside facing each other, and a folding top over the back seat
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benignant
benignant: serenely mild and kindly, benign
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vapulate
vapulate: to beat or whip
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fusarole
fusarole: a rounded usually beaded convex molding placed under the echinus of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders
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daedal
daedal: ingenious, skillful, intricate, artistic
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perron
perron: an outdoor stairway leading up to a building entrance
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seraphic
seraphic: like an angel
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pook
pook: a heap or small stack of a crop especially of hay or grain that has been cut and is temporarily stored in the field during one stage of harvesting
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snollygoster
snollygoster: a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician
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Cadmean victory
Cadmean victory: a victory where the victor suffers as much loss as the vanquished
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sennet
sennet: a signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage
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tiffin
tiffin: a light tea-time meal or a light breakfast consisting of typical tea-time foods
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fescue
fescue: a small pointer used by a teacher
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pinxit
pinxit: used to identify the painter of a work that has been reproduced in a different medium (such as an engraving)
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bodkin
bodkin: a small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather
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cicerone
cicerone: a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers
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thropple
thropple: throat, windpipe, used especially of a horse
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peever
peever: a stone used in hopscotch
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popple
popple: (of water) flow in a tumbling or rippling way
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nipperkin
nipperkin: a small measure of spirits, usually a half-pint or less
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involute
involute: intricate, complex; curled inward; a curve traced by a point on a string while winding or unwinding it around another curve
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fogle
fogle: a handkerchief, especially one made of silk
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benighted
benighted: overtaken by darkness or night
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bon ton
bon ton: fashionable manner or style
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quaestuary
quaestuary: interested in or undertaken for monetary gain or profit
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purfling
purfling: a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument
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pintle
pintle: a usually upright pivot pin on which another point turns
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hodiernal
hodiernal: relating to the present day
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boscage
boscage: massed trees or shrubs; thicket
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zoppa
zoppa: (also zoppo) syncopated, used as a direction in music
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parbuckle
parbuckle: a loop of rope arranged like a sling, used for raising or lowering casks and other cylindrical objects along an inclined plane
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mutule
mutule: a flat block projecting under the corona of the Doric cornice in the same position as the modillion of other orders
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apple knocker
apple knocker: an ignorant or unsophisticated person; a baseball player, especially a batter; a fruit picker, farmer, or seller
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bushelman
bushelman: a person who alters or repairs garments
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cachinnate
cachinnate: to laugh loudly
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lorimer
lorimer: a maker of bits, spurs, and metal mountings for bridles and saddles
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throstle
throstle: thrush, specifically a song thrush
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bufflehead
bufflehead: a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head.
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quoits
quoits: game which involves throwing of metal, rope, or rubber rings over a set distance, to land over or near a spike
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cabal
cabal: a secret political clique or faction
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virago
virago: a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman
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bastion
bastion: a projecting part of a fortification; a fortified area or position; stronghold
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besom
besom: a broom made of twigs tied around a stick
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paraph
paraph: a flourish after a signature, originally as a precaution against forgery
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scabble
scabble: to work or shape roughly (as stone before leaving the quarry); to dress (as stone) in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing
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brindled
brindled: brownish or tawny with streaks of other color
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calando
calando: in music, especially as a direction, gradually decreasing in tempo and volume of sound
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skewgee
skewgee: askew, mixed-up, confused
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brae
brae: (Scottish) a steep bank or hillside
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futtock
futtock: one of the curved timbers scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a ship
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blazon
blazon: display prominantly or vividly; to describe or depict armorial bearings in a correct heraldic manner
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squinch
squinch: a support (such as an arch, lintel, or corbeling) carried across the corner of a room under a superimposed mass
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bowsprit
bowsprit: a spar extending forward from a ship's bow, to which the forestays are fastened
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swallet
swallet: an underground stream; an opening through which a stream disappears underground
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ogive
ogive: a pointed arch or rib in gothic architecture
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nason
nason: an organ flute stop
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carboy
carboy: a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids
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fricandeau
fricandeau: a slice of veal or beef loin; a dish made from veal or beef loin, usually fried or stewed and served with a sauce
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buccal
buccal: relating to the cheek
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buhl
buhl: brass, tortiseshell, or other material cut to make a pattern and used for inlaying furniture
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skeuomorph
skeuomorph: a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues (attributes) from structures that were necessary in the original
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agathism
agathism: the doctrine that, in the end, all things tend toward good
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barbel
barbel: a slender, whiskerlike feeler extending from the head of certain fish, such as catfish, used for touch and taste
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bawd
bawd: a woman in charge of a brothel, madam

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