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Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..

Provision :: Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation..

Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like..

Recanter :: Recanter (n.) One who recants.

Cantar :: Cantar (n.) Alt. of Cantarr.

Cantlet :: Cantlet (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.

Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

Snuffler :: Snuffler (n.) One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..

Chit :: Chit (n.) A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal..

Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..

Diastema :: Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw..

Vaisya :: Vaisya (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1..

Fateful :: Fateful (a. .) Significant of fate; ominous.

Motion :: Motion (n.) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.

Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.

Dracanth :: Dracanth (n.) A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth..

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