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Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.

Rover :: Rover (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

Pirate :: Pirate (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission..

Infest :: Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates..

Pirate :: Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor..

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants..

Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..

Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..

Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Media :: Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute..

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc..

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing..

Aspirate :: Aspirate (a.) Alt. of Aspirate.

Famous :: Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate..

Water Thief :: Water thief () A pirate.

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..

Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..

Viking :: Viking (n.) One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries..

Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..

Asper :: Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus ws, pronounced h/s, rh`twr, pronounced hrat/r..

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