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Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..

Polyeidism :: Polyeidism (n.) The quality or state of being polyeidic.

Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..

Ley :: Ley (n.) See Lye.

Forlye :: Forlye (v. i.) Same as Forlie.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..

Plyer :: Plyer (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.

Lye :: Lye (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding..

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Volyer :: Volyer (n.) A lurcher.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6..

Plyer :: Plyer (n.) See Pliers.

Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder..

Flier :: Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 4..

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One that uses wings.

Winder :: Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer..

Lyencephala :: Lyencephala (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary..

Polyedrous :: Polyedrous (a.) See Polyhedral.

Lyerman :: Lyerman (n.) The cicada.

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