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4 words match “FICTIOUS”

FICTIOUS a.
Fictitious. [R.] Prior.
FLASH n.
A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. Flash light, or Flashing light, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. Knight. -- Flash i…
MORRIS n.
, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.
ROEDEER n.
A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as John-a- Nokes, John o', or of the, Nokes, or Noakes, John-a-Stiles, etc.