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Hodgkin''s Disease :: Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician..

Chiefly :: Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.

Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..

Rumen :: Rumen (n.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.

Foreman :: Foreman (n.) The first or chief ma.

Whitsuntide :: Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost..

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England..

Principal :: Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Premier :: Premier (a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister..

Child :: Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants..

Cousin-german :: Cousin-german (n.) A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1..

Home :: Home (n.) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine..

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..

Father :: Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity..

Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..

Blank :: Blank (n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence..

Rate :: Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc..

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

Pylangium :: Pylangium (n.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.

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