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Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures..

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Hemispherical :: Hemispherical (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body..

Writhe :: Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Ceroplastic :: Ceroplastic (a.) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure..

Agalmatolite :: Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite..

Quench :: Quench (v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc..

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

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience..

Epanorthosis :: Epanorthosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!.

Weed :: Weed (n.) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant..

Beagle :: Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

Cosmography :: Cosmography (n.) A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts..

Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Square :: Square (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman..

Militate :: Militate (v. i.) To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.

Diamond :: Diamond (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond..

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