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Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..

Inocular :: Inocular (a.) Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.

Fres''nel'' Lan''tern :: Fres'nel' lan'tern () A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.

Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.

Offertory :: Offertory (n.) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass..

Traunter :: Traunter (n.) Same as Tranter.

Corybantic :: Corybantic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance..

Respite :: Respite (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Droll :: Droll (v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..

Soubrette :: Soubrette (n.) A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman..

Manteltree :: Manteltree (n.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses..

Chanter :: Chanter (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

Crotalum :: Crotalum (n.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

Trivium :: Trivium (n.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively..

Unappropriated :: Unappropriated (a.) Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands..

Immortelle :: Immortelle (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like..

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair..

Recanted :: Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recan.

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