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Passim :: Passim (adv.) Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in the poem..

Line :: Line (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure..

Pass-parole :: Pass-parole (n.) An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.

Technical :: Technical (a.) Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical..

Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.

Neoterize :: Neoterize (v. i.) To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.

Squirt :: Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate..

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Amphi- :: Amphi- () A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around..

Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..

Frog :: Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..

Sublinguae :: Sublineation (n.) A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining..

Publication :: Publication (n.) The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness..

Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..

Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..

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