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Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..

Rearmouse :: Rearmouse (n.) Alt. of Reremous.

Tailboard :: Tailboard (n.) The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading..

Fusillade :: Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Pesade :: Pesade (n.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing..

Anconeus :: Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..

Nest :: Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

Hair :: Hair (n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..

Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

Worm :: Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b)..

Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow..

Hindmost :: Hindmost (a.) Furthest in or toward the rear; last.

Six-shooter :: Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver..

Dreariness :: Dreariness (n.) Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

Arrear :: Arrear (n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes..

Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..

Bird Fancier :: Bird fancier () One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.

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