Halteres

n. pl.

Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

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Fold

v. t.

To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Nationally

adv.

In a national manner or way; as a nation.

Nab

n.

The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Neckwear

n.

A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.

Grumous

a.

See Grumose.

Geographer

n.

One versed in geography.

Scelet

n.

A mummy; a skeleton.

Necessarian

n.

An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a nacessitarian.

Fling

n.

A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

Above

adv.

More than; as, above five hundred were present.

Nasicornous

a.

Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

Fippenny bit

The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.