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Metapectic :: Metapectic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained from pectin..

Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

Tapering :: Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.

Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Tatouay :: Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo..

Brocard :: Brocard (n.) An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics..

Tapering :: Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.

Galloon :: Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental..

Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..

Metaphoric :: Metaphoric (a.) Alt. of Metaphorica.

Lancet :: Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

Metaphrastical :: Metaphrastical (a.) Close, or literal..

Juxtaposition :: "Juxtaposition (v. i.) A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words..

Catapasm :: Catapasm (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc..

Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..

Spinet :: Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines..

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed..

Tapestrying :: Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestr.

Literal :: Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..

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