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Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them..

S :: S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it

Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..

Qui Vive :: Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: Who comes there?.

Anglicism :: Anglicism (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method..

Average :: Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets..

Apposer :: Apposer (n.) An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts..

Rat :: Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union..

Billard :: Billard (n.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish..

Ale :: Ale (n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk..

Render :: Render (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English..

Fagging :: Fagging (n.) Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school..

English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Market :: Market (n.) An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods..

Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..

Precisian :: Precisian (n.) An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans.

Canyon :: Canyon (n.) The English form of the Spanish word Ca–on.

Smithsonian :: Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports..

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