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Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Microlite :: Microlite (n.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope..

Etagere :: Etagere (n.) A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use..

Join :: "Join (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join..

Twinlike :: Twinlike (a.) Closely resembling; being a counterpart.

Pectinated :: Pectinated (a.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae..

Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Crawling, or moving close to the ground..

Poll :: Poll (n.) The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll..

Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc..

Uphasp :: Uphasp (v. t.) To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes..

Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..

Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..

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