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Overtone :: Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone..

Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..

Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

Swelt :: Swelt (v. i.) To faint; to swoon.

Faintly :: Faintly (adv.) In a faint, weak, or timidmanner..

Scotoscope :: Scotoscope (n.) An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.

Faint :: Faint (n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Swoon :: Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away..

Glimmer :: Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp..

Fain :: Fain (adv.) With joy; gladly; -- with wold.

Faint :: Faint (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n..

Evanid :: Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color..

Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..

Recovery :: Recovery (n.) Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc..

Glimmering :: Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer..

Fain :: Fain (v. t. & i.) To be glad ; to wish or desire.

Fain :: Fain (a.) Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

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