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An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.

Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious. Followed with acclamation and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps. Milton.

A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language. Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels. Quarterly Review.

A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.

To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame. The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by traducing the form and manner of them [prayers], to bring them into contempt. Hooker. He had the baseness . . . to traduce me in libel. Dryden.

Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).

Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.

Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidæ; -- called also tyrant bird.

An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.

In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.

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An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

ican mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.

An exclamation of grief. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

moved, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity." W. Irving. -- Wassail cup, a cup from which wassail was drunk.

Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; - - often with a question following. "What welcome be thou." Chaucer. What, could ye not watch with me one hour Matt. xxvi. 40.

The llama.

An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.