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Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..

Stipendiate :: Stipendiary (n.) One who receives a stipend.

Epenthetic :: Epenthetic (a.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound..

Echidnine :: Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus..

Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.

Wastethrift :: Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.

Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.

Penciling :: Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.

Enterotome :: Enterotome (n.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.

Surah :: Suraddition (n.) Something added or appended, as to a name..

Cirrigerous :: Cirrigerous (a.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages..

Coscinomancy :: Coscinomancy (n.) Divination by means of a suspended sieve.

Unmask :: Unmask (v. t.) To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

Forethought :: Forethought (a.) Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate..

Vilipendency :: Vilipendency (n.) Disesteem; slight; disparagement.

Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

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..

Broach :: Broach (n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers..

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