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Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons..

Pigpecker :: Pigpecker (n.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps..

Bise :: Bise (n.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice..

Pignorative :: Pignorative (a.) Pledging, pawning..

Pig-headed :: Pig-headed (a.) Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn..

Higgledy-piggledy :: Higgledy-piggledy (adv.) In confusion; topsy-turvy.

Epigrammatical :: Epigrammatical () Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy..

Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..

Minium :: Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead..

Epigene :: Epigene (a.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.

Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.

Chromoblast :: Chromoblast (n.) An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell.

Glossoepiglottic :: Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds..

Atomy :: Atomy (n.) An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

Epigrammatize :: Epigrammatize (v. t.) To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.

Saltcat :: Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons..

Orpiment :: Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing..

Smalt :: Smalt (v. t.) A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder..

Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..

Epiglottidean :: Epiglottidean (a.) Same as Epiglottic.

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