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240 words match “BURTON”

PULLULATE v.
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.
QUACKSALVER n.
lves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.
RAMMY a.
Like a ram; rammish. Burton.
RANGE v.
restraint or direction; to roam. Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton.
REAL n.
A realist. [Obs.] Burton.
REBATO n.
Same as Rabato. Burton.
REGICIDAL a.
regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton.
REPOSAL n.
That on which one reposes. [Obs.] Burton.
RESTY a.
Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [Obs.] Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.
RILLET n.
A little rill. Burton.
RUINATE v.
erty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.
SAND v.
To drive upon the sand. [Obs.] Burton.
SCABREDITY n.
Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] Burton.
SCRAPE n.
this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. Bp. Warburton.
SCRAT v.
To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.
SEDENTARY a.
stomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. "Sedentary, scholastic sophists." Bp. Warburton.
SENSIBLE n.
[R.] This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles. Burton.
SLEEVELESS a.
; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] Shak. The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton.
SMATTERING n.
desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all. Burton.
SOFT a.
ellect. [Colloq.] He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad. Burton.
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