Ventrimeson

n.

See Meson.

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Journal

a.

A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.

Faintness

n.

Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.

Urtica

n.

A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.

Foliated

a.

Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

Scapolite

n.

A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.

Langue d'oc

The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

Ynambu

n.

A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.

Ruff

v. t.

To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.

Abyss

n.

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

Higgled

imp. & p. p.

of Higgle

Filleting

n.

The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.

Abider

n.

One who abides, or continues.