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Prefigurate :: Prefigurate (v. t.) To prefigure.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind..

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights..

Unbury :: Unbury (v. t.) To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose..

Obsecration :: Obsecration (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value..

Turn :: Turn (n.) Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation..

Pentacle :: Pentacle (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages..

Milksop :: Milksop (n.) A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.

Toadflax :: Toadflax (n.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted..

Battle :: Battle (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories..

Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..

Naumachy :: Naumachy (n.) A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight..

Hurricane :: Hurricane (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively..

Cheveril :: Cheveril (v. i.) Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.

Pyrula :: Pyrula (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.

Firework :: Firework (n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocke

Tile :: Tile (v. t.) Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles..

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