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Phryganeides :: Phryganeides (n. pl.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.

Taxis :: Taxis (n.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..

Supply :: Supply (n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies..

Philanthropinist :: Philanthropinist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism..

Finback :: Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus..

Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

Believing :: Believing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Believ.

Lilied :: Lilied (a.) Covered with, or having many, lilies..

Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

Sibylist :: Sibylist (n.) One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.

Lepidodendroid :: Lepidodendroid (a.) Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron..

Auspicious :: Auspicious (a.) Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.

Checkerberry :: Checkerberry (n.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Greaser :: Greaser (n.) A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type.

Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..

Phytozoon :: Phytozoon (n.) A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zoophytes.

Ally :: Ally (v.) One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..

Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..

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