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Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.

w fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands. A braid of hair composed of two different colors twined together. Scott.

An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broa…

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. -- Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins.

In French games, a pair royal composed of 2 cards in the hand and the card turned.

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]

A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, e…

The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.

A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

use of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. To open the budget, to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive governme…

A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.

the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.

elsa) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.

ally, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]