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Snack :: Snack (v. t.) A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share..

Nonce :: Nonce (n.) The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Unable :: Unable (a.) Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue..

Verfication :: Verfication (n.) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.

Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter..

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

Phraseogram :: Phraseogram (n.) A symbol for a phrase.

Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

Whit :: Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

Translation :: Translation (n.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation..

Phraseologist :: Phraseologist (n.) A collector or coiner of phrases.

Disposal :: Disposal (n.) Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of..

All Hail :: All hail (interj.) All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

Ad Captandum :: Ad captandum () A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, No bill, No true bill, or Not found, though in some jurisdictions Ignored is still used..

Inceptive :: Inceptive (n.) An inceptive word, phrase, or clause..

Grecize :: Grecize (v. t.) To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized..

Ad Hominem :: Ad hominem () A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man..

Good :: Good (adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible..

Americanism :: Americanism (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

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