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Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum..

Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..

Basset :: Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata..

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Corselet :: Corselet (n.) Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece..

Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..

Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.

Stale :: Stale (v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon..

Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

Indraught :: Indraught (n.) A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.

Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..

Indetermination :: Indetermination (n.) Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind..

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

Disclose :: Disclose (v. t.) To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

Tzetze :: Tzetze (n.) Same as Tsetse.

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fah

Ostmen :: Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called..

Suit :: Suit (n.) A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes..

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring..

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