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

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..

Lomatinous :: Lomatinous (a.) Furnished with lobes or flaps.

Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration..

Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone..

Lapicide :: Lapicide (n.) A stonecutter.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

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

Mechoacan :: Mechoacan (n.) A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained..

Palapteryx :: Palapteryx (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Floppy :: Floppy (n.) Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim..

Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..

Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered..

Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) The thing thus caught and eaten.

Dewlap :: Dewlap (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing..

Palea :: Palea (n.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap..

Lapper :: Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

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