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Loper :: Loper (n.) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands..

Housewive :: Housewive (v. t.) To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize..

Seawives :: Seawives (pl. ) of Seawif.

Wiver :: Wiver (n.) Alt. of Wiver.

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.

Midwive :: Midwive (v. t.) To midwife.

Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..

Wived :: Wived (imp. & p. p.) of Wiv.

Chichevache :: Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis..

Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun..

Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous..

Swivel :: Swive (v. t.) To copulate with (a woman).

Wives :: Wives (n.) pl. of Wife.

Trigamy :: Trigamy (n.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Alewives :: Alewives (pl. ) of Alewif.

Wivern :: Wivern (n.) The weever.

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