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Gyp :: Gyp (n.) A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout..

Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..

Nucamentaceous :: Nucamentaceous (a.) Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..

Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5..

Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

Campeachy Wood :: Campeachy Wood () Logwood.

Bay :: Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

Campestrian :: Campestrian (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground..

Aid-de-camp :: Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements..

Ochymy :: Ochymy (n.) See Occamy.

Jacamar :: "Jacamar (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant..

Nicotianine :: Nicotianine (n.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor..

Navew :: Navew (n.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica..

Rokambole :: Rokambole (n.) See Rocambole.

Cameras :: Cameras (pl. ) of Camer.

Theocracy :: Theocracy (n.) The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom..

Hippocamp :: Hippocamp (n.) See Hippocampus.

Bluebell :: Bluebell (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell..

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