Xenium

n.

A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

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Guess warp

A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

Nonpareil

a.

Any other similar bird of the same genus.

Flagitious

a.

Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

Wallop

v. i.

To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.

River

n.

Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

Gyrostatic

a.

Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.

Felony

n.

A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

Lastage

n.

The lading of a ship; also, ballast.

Nakoo

n.

The gavial.

Gummata

pl.

of Gumma

Nab

v. t.

To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.

Pairment

n.

Impairment.