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Teufit :: Teufit (n.) The lapwing; -- called also teuchit.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..

Lapidation :: Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.

Lapps :: Lapps (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia..

Lapidarian :: Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record..

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Lapling :: Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..

Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state..

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Lap :: Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Coatee :: Coatee (n.) A coat with short flaps.

Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..

Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..

Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..

Manis :: Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin..

Spirograph :: Spirochaete (n.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever..

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