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Acromonogrammatic :: Acromonogrammatic (a.) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

Kilting :: Kilting (n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one..

Shrovetide :: Shrovetide (n.) The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday..

Before :: Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than..

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

Rhopalic :: Rhopalic (a.) Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.

Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..

Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing..

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

Aforesaid :: Aforesaid (a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified..

Precontract :: Precontract (n.) A contract preceding anothe.

Whiting :: Whiting (n.) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.

Saturday :: Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.

Formerly :: Formerly (adv.) In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore..

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast..

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

Tuesday :: Tuesday (n.) The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday..

Series :: Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series..

Prevenient :: Prevenient (a.) Going before; preceding; hence, preventive..

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