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Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.

Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..

Twig :: Twig (n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size..

Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.

Rattoon :: Rattoon (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane..

Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.

Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..

Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..

Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.

Surd :: Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers..

Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..

Wing :: Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

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