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Base :: Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower..

Flabile :: Flabile (a.) Liable to be blown about.

Praecoces :: Praecoces (n. pl.) A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched.

Moidore :: Moidore (n.) A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..

Query :: Query (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity..

Slash :: Slash (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly..

Flaneur :: Flaneur (n.) One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Thereabouts :: Thereabouts (adv.) Near that place.

Chops :: Chops (n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth..

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

Scute :: Scute (n.) An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents..

Arpen :: Arpen (n.) Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English..

Rixdaler :: Rixdaler (n.) A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00..

Onomasticon :: Onomasticon (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180..

Maund :: Maund (n.) An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois..

Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..

Solon :: Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically..

Yojan :: Yojan (n.) A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five..

Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..

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