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860 words match “NYS”

CONDITION v.
of. Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.
CONFESS v. 2 definitions
Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. Shak. As I confess it needs must be. Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. Goldsmith.
CONTUMELIOUS a.
ainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson.
CONVENTION n.
; conventionality. There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. Tennyson.
CONVOLVULUS n.
nus Ipomæa. The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.
CORD n.
angle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.
COSTREL n.
uth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.
COUNSEL n.
ike thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson.
COUNTERCHANGE v.
a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.
COURSE n.
erseverance in the course prescribed. Wodsworth. You hold your course without remorse. Tennyson.
COURT n. 2 definitions
f our God. Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macualay.
COVERLID n.
A coverlet. All the coverlid was clocth of gold. Tennyson.
CRACK v.
. By misfortune it cracked in the coling. Boyle. The mirror cracked from side to side. Tennyson.
CRAGGY a.
ith projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain. "The craggy ledge." Tennyson.
CRANNIED a.
Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson.
CREAK v.
The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.
CREAMY a.
ance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.
CREASY a.
Full of creases. Tennyson.
CREEP v.
oy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. Shak. Like guilty thing, Icreep. Tennyson.
CRESCENT a.
Increasing; growing. O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Tennyson.
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