Vain

superl.

Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

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Fa

n.

The tone F. →

Flit

v. i.

To remove from one place or habitation to another. →

Pachydactyl

n.

A bird or other animal having thick toes. →

Repine

n.

Vexation; mortification. →

Novelry

n.

Novelty; new things. →

Holometer

n.

An instrument for making of angular measurements. →

Horse-jockey

n.

A trainer and dealer in horses. →

Nicene

a.

Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325. →

Albedo

n.

Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface. →

Scape

n.

The shaft of a column. →

Fugacity

a.

The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. →

Light-ship

n.

A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners. →

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