Alternacy

n.

Alternateness; alternation.

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Scold

v. i.

To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.

Nonplussed

of Nonplus

Helmet-shaped

a.

Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Underbearer

n.

One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

Hypogea

pl.

of Hypogeum

Accipient

n.

A receiver.

Hatcheled

imp. & p. p.

of Hatchel

Ranchos

pl.

of Rancho

Galloped

imp. & p. p.

of Gallop

Sadden

v. t.

To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.

Saxhorn

n.

A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.

Nonsuit

a.

Nonsuited.