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Fustian :: Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast..

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..

Basta :: Basta (interj.) Enough; stop.

Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..

Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book..

Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..

Crownwork :: Crownwork (n.) A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank..

Bastinadoing :: Bastinadoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bastinad.

Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion..

Bast :: Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom..

Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..

Copy :: Copy (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Lambaste :: Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.

Ipecacuanha :: Ipecacuanha (n.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra)..

Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..

Bumbast :: Bumbast () See Bombast.

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