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Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

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..

Tottlish :: Tottlish (a.) Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets..

Blink :: Blink (v. i.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

Caroline :: Caroline (n.) A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents..

Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain..

Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..

Learn :: Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something..

Round :: Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn..

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..

Logomachy :: Logomachy (n.) Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words..

Cyclone :: Cyclone (n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour..

Half-and-half :: Half-and-half (n.) A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts..

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Oblatum :: Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..

Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

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