Definition of familiar

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Familiar (a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration..

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Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris)..
Tete-a-tete :: Tete-a-tete (a.) Private; confidential; familiar.
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity..
Towser :: Towser (n.) A familiar name for a dog.
Familiarize :: Familiarize (v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science..
Nod :: Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..
Confab :: Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation.
Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
Villainous :: Villainous (a.) Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.
Heart :: Heart (n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
Obversant :: Obversant (a.) Conversant; familiar.
Familiarities :: Familiarities (pl. ) of Familiarit.
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of..
Ferrotype :: Ferrotype (n.) A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.
Modest :: Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A familiar term of endearment.
Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Though :: Though (adv.) However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence..
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