Fillibuster

n.

See Filibuster.

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Venturine

n.

Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.

Hollandish

a.

Relating to Holland; Dutch.

Cabling

n.

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.

God

a. & n.

Good.

Resiant

a.

Resident; present in a place.

Glacis

n.

A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

Hyrse

n.

Millet.

Vainglorious

a.

Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

Huzzaing

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Huzza

Fellowship

n.

Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

Kavasses

pl.

of Kavass

Rifle

n.

A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.