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255 words match “BARROW”

DISSENTANEOUS a.
Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [R.] Barrow.
DOING n.
bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do. To render an account of his doings. Barrow.
DOTTEREL n.
A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. Barrow.
EFFABLE a.
Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.
EFFUSE a.
Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.] So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.
EMBRACEMENT n.
Willing acceptance. [Obs.] A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.
ENGRAVEMENT n.
Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.
ENLARGE v.
To set at large or set free. [Archaic] It will enlarge us from all restraints. Barrow. Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. Knight. -- To enlarge an order or rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. Abbott. -- To enlarge one's self, to give f…
ENTOMBMENT n.
The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.
EQUINE a.
rse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.
EQUIPOLLENTLY adv.
With equal power. Barrow.
ERECT v.
ncourage; to cheer. It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. Barrow.
EVANID a.
; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [Obs.] They are very transistory and evanid. Barrow.
EXALTMENT n.
Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.
EXCEPTIOUS a.
t effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South. -- Ex*cep"tious*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.
EXCITATIVE a.
Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.
EXHORTATIVE a.
Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.
EXPEDIMENT n.
An expedient. [Obs.] A like expediment to remove discontent. Barrow.
EXPLETIVE a.
ling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery." Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.
EXPLICATORY a.
Explicative. Barrow.
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