Safe

n.

A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.

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Youngly

adv.

In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.

Hist

interj.

Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.

Rise

v.

To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.

Hyperchloric

a.

See Perchloric.

Hypaxial

a.

Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.

Felicitation

n.

The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.

Nicker nut

A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.

Radiciform

a.

Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.

Flogging

a. & n.

from Flog, v. t.

Lenticulae

pl.

of Lenticula

Fet

p. p.

of Fette

Republican

n.

A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.