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Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.

Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white..

Nuchal :: Nuchal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles..

Napery :: Napery (n.) Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general..

Napierian :: Napierian (a.) Alt. of Naperia.

Aconite :: Aconite (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally..

Naperian :: Naperian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper..

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A verse composed of such feet.

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..

Tetrameter :: Tetrameter (n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet..

Kidnaped :: Kidnaped (imp. & p. p.) of Kidna.

Jane-of-apes :: "Jane-of-apes (n.) A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes..

Pileus :: Pileus (n.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape..

Anapaestic :: Anapaestic () Same as Anapest, Anapestic..

Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

Lenni-lenape :: Lenni-Lenape (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes..

Anapestic :: Anapestic (n.) Anapestic measure or verse.

Anapestic :: Anapestic (a.) Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse..

Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

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