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BORDEREAU n.
A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.
BORDERER n.
nes of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region. Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer.
BOTHERER n.
One who bothers.
BOUTONNIERE n.
A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
BRACHYPTERES n.
A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
BRASSIERE n.
A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.
BRERE n.
A brier. [Archaic] Chaucer.
BRIERED a.
Set with briers. Chatterton.
BROIDERER n.
One who embroiders. [Archaic]
BUTTER-FINGERED a.
Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.
BY-INTEREST n.
Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.
BYSMOTTERED p.
Bespotted with mud or dirt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CACKEREL n.
The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.
CALORIFERE n.
An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
CANKERED a. 2 definitions
Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
CANKEREDLY adv.
Fretfully; spitefully.
CANTINIERE n.
A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
CAPERER n.
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden.
CAPONIERE n.
A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
CASHIERER n.
One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.
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