Lampoon

n.

A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

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Reckoning

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Reckon

Abased

a.

Lowered; humbled.

After-mentioned

a.

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

Vegetable

v.

Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.

Leadmen

pl.

of Leadman

Lamely

adv.

An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

Homer

n.

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.

Veterinary

a.

Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

Lauriol

n.

Spurge laurel.

Hystricomorphous

a.

Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.

Gyre

n.

A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Hebraize

v. t.

To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.