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471 words match “HOLLAND”

SHINDLE n.
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.
SHITTLE a.
Wavering; unsettled; inconstant. [Obs.] Holland.
SIGNIFER a.
Bearing signs. [Obs.] "The signifer sphere, or zodiac." Holland.
SIPPLING a.
Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.
SIVER v.
To simmer. [Obs.] Holland.
SKEG n.
A sort of wild plum. [Obs.] Holland.
SKULL n.
of boys and girls did pelt at him. Warner. These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls. Holland.
SLANG n.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.
SLIBBER a.
Slippery. [Obs.] Holland.
SLIVE v.
To cut; to split; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.
SNET v.
The clear of mucus; to blow. [Obs.] "Snetting his nose." Holland.
SONNET n.
ry. [Obs.] Shak. He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius. Holland.
SOON adv.
oner or later. -- With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] Holland.
SPARE n.
e act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.] Killing for sacrifice, without any spare. Holland.
SPELL n.
A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] Holland.
SPURT n.
A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland.
SQUILLITIC a.
Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] "Squillitic vinegar." Holland.
STADTHOLDER n.
Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
STATE n.
The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
STATIONARY n.
stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Holland.
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