Hold

n.

A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.

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Acaridan

n.

One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

Nomadize

v. i.

To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.

Resemblance

n.

The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

Hydrous

a.

Containing water; watery.

Abhal

n.

The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

Rebrace

v. t.

To brace again.

Laramie group

An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.

Echoless

a.

Without echo or response.

Flutist

n.

To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.

Saucer

n.

A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.

Residuum

n.

That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.

Flipe

v. t.

To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on.