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Parotid :: Parotid (n.) The parotid gland.

Cotswold :: Cotswold (n.) An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England..

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

Vary :: Vary (v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England..

Orpine :: Orpine (n.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever..

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

Brownist :: Brownist (n.) A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers..

Conarium :: Conarium (n.) The pineal gland.

Tiver :: Tiver (n.) A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.

Cruels :: Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Butlerage :: Butlerage (n.) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.

Bristol :: Bristol (n.) A seaport city in the west of England.

Farcy :: Farcy (n.) A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen..

Shorthorn :: Shorthorn (a.) One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England..

Mammalia :: Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother..

Latitudinarian :: Latitudinarian (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed..

Udder :: Udder (n.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

Racemose :: Racemose (a.) Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme..

Anker :: Anker (n.) A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons..

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

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