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Squibbing :: Squibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Squi.

Pun :: Pun (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Sesquibasic :: Sesquibasic (a.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound..

Equibalanced :: Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalanc.

Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..

Skit :: Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

Equibalancing :: Equibalancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equibalanc.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing..

Hairsplitter :: Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

Quibbling :: Quibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibbl.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Squibbed :: Squib (a.) A paltry fellow.

Equibalance :: Equibalance (n.) Equal weight; equiponderance.

Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..

Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..

Sesqui- :: Sesqui- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide..

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