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Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..

Remissly :: Remissly (adv.) In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Busybody :: Busybody (n.) One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.

Note :: Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:.

Large :: Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.

Brangle :: Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.

Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal..

Establish :: Establish (a.) To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel..

Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule

Shower :: Shower (v. t.) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.

Counterjumper :: Counterjumper (n.) A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.

Misrecollect :: Misrecollect (v. t. & i.) To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects.

Roar :: Roar (v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes..

Gushing :: Gushing (a.) Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters..

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..

Misinterpreter :: Misinterpreter (n.) One who interprets erroneously.

Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

Curiously :: Curiously (adv.) In a curious manner.

Manakin :: Manakin (n.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families..

Hydrocephalus :: Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously..

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