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Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..

Mouse :: Mouse (v. i.) To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something..

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

Krone :: Krone (n.) A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9..

Reis :: Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents..

About :: About (adv.) On all sides; around.

Obolus :: Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value..

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

Berhyme :: Berhyme (v. t.) To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.

Circumforaneous :: Circumforaneous (a.) Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house.

Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage..

Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..

Abassis :: Abassis (n.) A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents..

Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..

Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East..

Gapesing :: Gapesing (n.) Act of gazing about; sightseeing.

Tales :: Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter..

Splash :: Splash (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter..

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

Fuss :: Fuss (v. i.) To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.

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