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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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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.
MULTILOQUENCE n.
Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness.
MULTILOQUENT; MULTILOQUOUS a.
Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
MUSQUET n.
See Musket.
NON LIQUET n.
It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
OBLIQUE a. 6 definitions
rallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. Cheyne.
OBLIQUE-ANGLED a.
Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
OBLIQUELY adv.
In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. "Truth obliquely leveled." Bp. Fell. Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Pope His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others. Addison.
OBLIQUENESS n.
Quality or state of being oblique.
OBSEQUENT a.
Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] Fotherby.
ODALISQUE n.
n. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson.
OPAQUE a. 3 definitions
Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.
OPAQUENESS n.
The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More.
OUTQUENCH v.
To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched." Spenser.
OVERFREQUENT a.
Too frequent.
OVERQUELL v.
To quell or subdue completely. [R.] Bp. Hall.
PALENQUE n.
A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
PAQUE n.
See Pasch and Easter.
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