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Guess :: Guess (v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc..

Snuffbox :: Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.

Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..

Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely..

Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve..

Suety :: Suet (n.) The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow..

Poundal :: Poundal (n.) A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes..

Cherokees :: Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes..

Garrulous :: Garrulous (a.) Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious..

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..

Same :: Same (v. i.) Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned..

Shopwalker :: Shopwalker (n.) One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.

Surgeful :: Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)..

Sychnocarpous :: Sycee (n.) Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy..

Foy :: Foy (n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.

Almadie :: Almadie (n.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad..

Guilder :: Guilder (n.) A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.

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..

Goslet :: Goslet (n.) One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts..

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