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Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame..

Anybody :: Anybody (n.) A person of consideration or standing.

Antisepalous :: Antisepalous (a.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf..

Apartness :: Apartness (n.) The quality of standing apart.

Norm :: Norm (a.) A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

Outstand :: Outstand (v. t.) To stay beyond.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Goblet :: Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle..

Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..

Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels..

Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure..

Apiary :: Apiary (n.) A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstan.

Outstanding :: Outstanding (a.) That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations..

Nadir :: Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand..

Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..

Yen :: Yen (n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen..

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