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Infold :: Infold (v. t.) To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.

Phonautograph :: Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate..

Orb :: Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions..

Unclose :: Unclose (v. t. & i.) To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes..

Bairam :: Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast..

Incase :: Incase (v. t.) To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

Interknit :: Interknit (v. t.) To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Close :: Close (n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..

Squat :: Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground..

Impartment :: Impartment (n.) The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed..

Sciuroid :: Sciuroid (a.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley..

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

Tell :: Tell (v. t.) To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.

Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..

Literally :: Literally (adv.) With close adherence to words; word by word.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

Underfollow :: Underfollow (v. t.) To follow closely or immediately after.

Arum :: Arum (n.) A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example..

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