Equitant (?), a. [L. equitans, -antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.] 1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
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2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
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Reannexation (-shn), n. Act of reannexing.
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Grainer (grnr), n. 1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
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2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
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3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
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Waterflood (?), n. [AS. wterfld.] A flood of water; an inundation.
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Alb (), n. [OE. albe, LL. alba, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Album and Aube.] A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
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Misspender (?), n. One who misspends.
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Wrong, adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
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Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. Pope.
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Eternize (?), v. t. [imp. p. p. Eternized (?); p. pr. vb. n. Eterniziing.] [Cf. F. terniser.] 1. To make eternal or endless.
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This other [gift] served but to eternize woe. Milton.
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2. To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.
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St. Alban's battle won by famous York,
Shall be eternized in all age to come. Shak.
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Widow, v. t. [imp. p. p. Widowed (?); p. pr. vb. n. Widowing.]
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1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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Though in thus city he
Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.
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2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
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The widowed isle, in mourning,
Dries up her tears. Dryden.
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Tress of their shriveled fruits
Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail. J. Philips.
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Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. Heber.
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3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] Shak.
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4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
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Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow
them all. Shak.
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bigeminate (), a. [Pref. bi- + geminate.] (Bot.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.
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Luncheon, v. i. To take luncheon. Beaconsfield.
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Dictatorial (?), a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.] 1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
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Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving.
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2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.
-- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n.
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Pryan (?), n. (Mining) See Prian.
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Rostellate (?), a. [NL. rostellatus.] Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.
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Sarcastically, adv. In a sarcastic manner.
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Brokage (), n. See Brokerage.
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Roseine (? or ?), n. See Magenta.
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Penniless (?), a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pennilessness, n.
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Voltairism (?), n. The theories or practice of Voltaire. J. Morley.
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Gargol (?), n. [Cf. Gargil.] A distemper in swine; garget. Mortimer.
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Fain (?), a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. fgen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. fgnian to rejoice, OS. fagann, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginn, cf. Goth. fahds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor.] 1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
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Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak.
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To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.
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2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak.
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The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke.
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{ Chilostoma (?), Chilostomata (?), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. + , , outh.] (Zol.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.]
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Swim, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson.
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2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
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Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. -- To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]
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Tenancy (?), n.; pl. Tenacies (#). [Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant.] (Law) (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.
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