Definition of spica

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Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..

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Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike..
Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Wretchedness :: Wretchedness (n.) A wretched object; anything despicably.
Fouter :: Fouter (n.) A despicable fellow.
Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet..
Despicable :: Despicable (a.) Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift..
Auspicate :: Auspicate (v. t.) To foreshow; to foretoken.
Runt :: Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious..
Spica :: Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
Despisable :: Despisable (a.) Despicable; contemptible.
Perspicacity :: Perspicacity (n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment..
Abject :: Abject (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Despicability :: Despicability (n.) Despicableness.
Auspicate :: Auspicate (v. t.) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business..
Spicate :: Spicate (a.) Alt. of Spicate.
Willow-herb :: Willow-herb (n.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.
Perspicacious :: Perspicacious (a.) Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
Abject :: Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts..
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