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

Cantile :: Cantile (v. i.) Same as Cantle, v. t..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

Decanter :: Decanter (n.) A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..

Pigwidgeon :: Pigwidgeon (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

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

Contraindicant :: Contraindicant (n.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.

Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Cant :: Cant (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars..

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at mercy, as a supplicant..

Face :: Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount..

Cantarro :: Cantarro (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds..

Bigeye :: Bigeye (n.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye..

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

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