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Englishism :: Englishism (n.) A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Alliance :: Alliance (n.) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England..

Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..

Gland :: Gland (n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth..

Finback :: Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus..

Commination :: Commination (n.) An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners..

Jurat :: "Jurat (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England..

Stoom :: Stoolball (n.) A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women..

Ovenbird :: Ovenbird (n.) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse..

Harvest-home :: Harvest-home (n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States..

Smegma :: Smegma (n.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.

Skunk :: Skunk (n.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense..

Aguish :: Aguish (a.) Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England..

Claret :: Claret (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States..

Ranula :: Ranula (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

I O U :: I O U () A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill..

Glandiform :: Glandiform (a.) Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

Conservative :: Conservative (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical..

English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Coif :: Coif (n.) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England..

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