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Toast :: Toast (v.) A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy..

Calipash :: Calipash (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle..

Indelicacy :: Indelicacy (n.) The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind..

Effeminacy :: Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men..

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance..

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Murrhine :: Murrhine (a.) Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels..

Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

Dainty :: Dainty (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.

Daintrel :: Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like..

Subtlety :: Subtlety (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

Indecent :: Indecent (a.) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language..

Cookery :: Cookery (n.) A delicacy; a dainty.

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

Delicate :: Delicate (n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.

Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy..

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural..

Calipee :: Calipee (n.) A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy..

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