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Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject..

Sleigh :: Sleigh (a.) Sly.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite..

Misjudge :: Misjudge (v. t. & i.) To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.

Effrontuously :: Effrontuously (adv.) Impudently.

Pertinately :: Pertinately (adv.) Pertinaciously.

Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..

Comprint :: Comprint (v. t. & i.) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another.

Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight..

Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Cretaceously :: Cretaceously (adv.) In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Luxuriate :: Luxuriate (v. i.) To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures..

Ratten :: Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike..

Praecognita :: Praecognita (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else..

Salutiferously :: Salutiferously (adv.) Salutarily.

Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..

Flaunt :: Flaunt (v. i.) To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show..

Balefully :: Balefully (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously.

Slyness :: Slyness (n.) The quality or state of being sly.

Oversman :: Oversman (n.) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree..

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