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Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..

Sough :: Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying..

Cantle :: Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.

Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic..

Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.

Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.

Outcant :: Outcant (v. t.) To surpass in canting.

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship..

Significative :: Significative (a.) Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.

Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..

Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..

Indicant :: Indicant (n.) That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease..

Cantle :: Cantle (n.) The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel..

Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

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