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Caroteel :: Caroteel (n.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs..

Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

Sapindaceous :: Sapindaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera..

Squilgee :: Squiggle (v. i.) To move about like an eel; to squirm.

Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.

Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.

Gambol :: Gambol (v. i.) To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs..

Upas :: Upas (n.) A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas..

Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it..

Marmot :: Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck..

Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse..

Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity..

Kioways :: Kioways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.

Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate..

Splatter :: Splashy (a.) Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy..

Fishy :: Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul..

Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place..

Aam :: Aam (n.) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4..

Buy :: Buy (v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.

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