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Gazet :: Gazet (n.) A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents..

Facing :: Facing (n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl..

Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements..

Ecliptic :: Ecliptic (a.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun..

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

Frounce :: Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..

This :: This (pron. & a.) As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned..

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

Dangler :: Dangler (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler..

Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

Miscomprehend :: Miscomprehend (v. t.) To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.

Franc :: Franc (a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes..

Circumrotate :: Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about.

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..

Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation..

Centre :: Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center..

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..

Veretillum :: Veretillum (n.) Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal..

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