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Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..

Period :: Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word..

Pung :: Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

Pungence :: Pungence (n.) Pungency.

Cinnamon :: Cinnamon (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices..

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.

Stichwort :: Stichometry (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted..

Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..

Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Expunction :: Expunction (n.) The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.

Eft :: Eft (n.) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus)..

Punishment :: Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer..

Newt :: Newt (n.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species..

Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) A punched hole; a perforation.

Kohnur :: Kohnur (n.) A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers..

Pungency :: Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia..

Damnation :: Damnation (n.) A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.

Brompicrin :: Brompicrin (n.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin..

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