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Snift :: Snift (n.) Slight snow; sleet.

Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Joggle :: "Joggle (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog..

Slightly :: Slightly (adv.) Slightingly; negligently.

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.

Repand :: Repand (a.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..

Quinaldine :: Quinaldine (n.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline..

Pleurosigma :: Pleurosigma (n.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes..

Catch :: Catch (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.

Curmurring :: Curmurring (n.) Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.

Disincline :: Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..

Feveret :: Feveret (n.) A slight fever.

Twiddle :: Twiddle (n.) A slight twist with the fingers.

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..

Subconjunctival :: Subconical (a.) Slightly conical.

Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A slight cut or incision; a score.

Slender :: Slender (superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution..

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