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Pace :: Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall..

Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning..

Glauber''s Salts :: Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called salts..

Lightly :: Lightly (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly.

Acidulous :: Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture..

Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall..

Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

Falchion :: Falchion (n.) A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages..

Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Valerin :: Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor..

Lightly :: Lightly (adv.) With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.

Skip :: Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Slight :: Slight (adv.) Slightly.

Subconformable :: Subconcave (a.) Slightly concave.

Char :: Char (n.) To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood..

Musk :: Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor..

Rocking-stone :: Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force..

Ajar :: Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar..

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..

Subulate :: Subtypical (a.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant..

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