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Lubricator :: Lubricator (n.) A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery..

Cantered :: Cantered (imp. & p. p.) of Cante.

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster..

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants..

Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant..

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..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment.

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant..

Cantharides :: Cantharides (n. pl.) See Cantharis.

Hocuspocus :: Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction..

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..

Scarcely :: Scarcely (adv.) With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

Avoyer :: Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.

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

Fractional :: Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population..

Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc..

Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy..

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