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Guess :: Guess (v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc..

Noble :: Noble (n.) An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61..

Ring :: Ring (n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure..

Testoon :: Testoon (n.) An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents..

Mason :: Mason (v. t.) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler..

Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..

Poke :: Poke (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about..

Tew :: Tew (v.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex..

Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..

Sarcobasis :: Sarcobasis (n.) A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows..

Gallivant :: Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan..

Peddle :: Peddle (v. i.) To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.

Sovereign :: Sovereign (n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86..

Drapery :: Drapery (n.) A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed..

Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting..

Pistareen :: Pistareen (n.) An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.

Yen :: Yen (n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen..

Scatter :: Scatter (v. t.) To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order..

Year :: Year (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn..

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