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3,389 words match “AIR”

MOUSQUETAIRE n. 2 definitions
A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
MOUSQUETAIRE CUFF n.
A deep flaring cuff.
MOUSQUETAIRE GLOVE n.
A woman's glove with a long, loosely fitting wrist.
OPEN-AIR a.
Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
PAIR n. 13 definitions
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay.
PAIRER n.
One who impairs. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PAIRING n. 2 definitions
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.
PAIRMENT n.
Impairment. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PELE'S HAIR n.
rom frothy lava or from the tips of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air. It often collects in thick masses resembling tow.
PRAIRIAL n.
dar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.
PRAIRIE n. 2 definitions
sippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. Longfellow.
PRAIRIE STATE n.
Illinois; -- a nickname.
PROLETAIRE n.
One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country.
QUAIR n.
A quire; a book. [Obs.] " The king's quhair." James I. (of Scotland).
QUESTIONNAIRE n.
= Questionary, above.
REPAIR v. 8 definitions
To return. [Obs.] I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer.
REPAIRABLE a.
Reparable. Gauden.
REPAIRER n.
One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.
REPAIRMENT n.
Act of repairing.
ROCKING-CHAIR n.
A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.
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