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One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

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A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

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The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

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A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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A law or rule.

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One who checks.

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Same as Checker.

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A piece used in the game of chess.

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The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

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A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

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of Cut

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A light and pleasing composition.

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A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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A composition for two performers; a duet.

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See Escalop.

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A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

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A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's…

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A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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of Hiatus

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A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an…

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An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

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A going in.

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Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

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A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.

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A bit; a morsel.

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A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestr…

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Same as Nocturne.

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To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.

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The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

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A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

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The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.

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A medley or mixture.

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Alt. of Quartette

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A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

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Alt. of Quintette

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A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

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The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

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One who, or that which, repeats.

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To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

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Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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See Scallop.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Alt. of Septette

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A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

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Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlem…

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A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.

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Alt. of Sextetto

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A plant; chard.

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A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.

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A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

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A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.

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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

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A small part or piece.

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of Snip

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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

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An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the vio…

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That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

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The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on whic…

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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a…

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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

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An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

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Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

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A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

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Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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To join together; to unite.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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of Eat

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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Fixed; solidified.

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of Help

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Also; as an additional article.

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To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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To return.

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To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

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A composition of different materials.

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To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

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Mixed; confounded.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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To assemble again.

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To advance; to travel.

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Close; termination

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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A single thing or person.

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To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

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A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

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A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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To throw; to pitch.

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A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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A spelk, or splinter.

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A stain; a tache.

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Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.

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