a.
Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
Next Wordn.
An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. →
v. t.
To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like. →
a.
Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding. →
of Revel →