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Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay..

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

Myophan :: Myophan (n.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

Epidermis :: Epidermis (v. t.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced..

Dilation :: Dilation (n.) Delay.

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

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

Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.

Gest :: Gest (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony..

Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To put an overlay on.

Parquetry :: Parquetry (n.) A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors..

Rafflesia :: Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet..

Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons..

Buss :: Buss (n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.

Imbricate :: Imbricate (v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface..

Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc..

Let :: Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic..

Protomorphic :: Protomorphic (a.) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue..

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