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Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..

Ring :: Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite..

Midwives :: Midwives (pl. ) of Midwif.

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

Wives :: Wives (pl. ) of Wif.

Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.

Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels..

Harem :: Harem (n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio..

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

Wive :: Wive (v. i.) To marry, as a man; to take a wife..

Alewives :: Alewives (pl. ) of Alewif.

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.

Swizzle :: Swivel-eyed (a.) Squint-eyed.

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

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

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..

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

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..

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

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