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Faints :: Faints (n.pl.) The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil..

Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

Verditure :: Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.

Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Microcoustic :: Microcoustic (n.) An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person..

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

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

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst..

Fawe :: Fawe (a.) Fain; glad; delighted.

Nyctalopia :: Nyctalopia (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness..

Pale :: Pale (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon..

Lipothymic :: Lipothymic (a.) Tending to swoon; fainting.

Craven :: Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Ochroleucous :: Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.

Ghost :: Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea..

Faintling :: Faintling (a.) Timorous; feeble-minded.

Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..

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