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Shanty :: Shanty (n.) A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut..

Scarificator :: Scarificator (n.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions..

Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke..

Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane..

Scrannel :: Scrannel (a.) Slight; thin; lean; poor.

Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Slight :: Slight (v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.

Slighty :: Slighty (a.) Slight.

Micr- :: Micr- () Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope..

Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

Slightness :: Slightness (n.) The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard..

Remnant :: Remnant (a.) A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..

Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk..

Misprize :: Misprize (v.) To slight or undervalue.

Thin :: Thin (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise..

Glauber''s Salts :: Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called salts..

Fovea :: Fovea (n.) A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

Semitranslucent :: Semitranslucent (a.) Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

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