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Strewment :: Strewing (n.) Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Turn :: Turn (n.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /..

Manual :: Manual (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church..

Reference :: Reference (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court..

Suppalpation :: Suppage (n.) What may be supped; pottage.

Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected..

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap..

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

Negligible :: Negligible (a.) That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc..

Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..

Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..

Podesta :: Podesta (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy..

Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Expirable :: Expirable (a.) That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.

Hydrant :: Hydrant (n.) A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only

Fungibles :: Fungibles (n. pl.) Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things..

Assimilable :: Assimilable (a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger..

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