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Trifle :: Trifle (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money..

Loader :: Loader (n.) One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun..

Outmanoeuvre :: Outmanoeuvre (v. t.) To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral..

Groom :: Groom (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable..

Levanter :: Levanter (n.) A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.

Observant :: Observant (n.) One who observes forms and rules.

Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..

Shoal :: Shoal (v. t.) To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep..

Irrelavancy :: Irrelavancy (n.) The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument..

Heedless :: Heedless (a.) Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

Cookmaid :: Cookmaid (n.) A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..

Electro-dynamical :: Electro-dynamical (a.) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..

Vansire :: Vansire (n.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon..

Evangelically :: Evangelically (adv.) In an evangelical manner.

Clepsydra :: Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix..

Ahead :: Ahead (adv.) In or to the front; in advance; onward.

Pavan :: Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

Drudge :: Drudge (n.) One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.

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