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Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..

Disparates :: Disparates (n. pl.) Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to..

V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Water :: Water (n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge..

Galvanoplastic :: Galvanoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like..

Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.

Taster :: Taster (n.) That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like..

Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..

O :: O (n.) Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.

Gramineous :: Gramineous (a.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2..

Card :: Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair..

Verruciform :: Verruciform (a.) Shaped like a wart or warts.

Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. i.) To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

Jarrah :: Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

Fibrolite :: Fibrolite (n.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite..

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