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Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence..

Discern :: Discern (v. i.) To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood..

Skull :: Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Bird :: Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.

Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..

Hood :: Hood (n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..

Hook-nosed :: Hook-nosed (a.) Having a hooked or aquiline nose.

Chooser :: Chooser (n.) One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing..

Orphancy :: Orphancy (n.) Orphanhood.

Prepossession :: Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood..

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant..

Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..

Adunque :: Adunque (a.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill..

Confraternity :: Confraternity (n.) A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood..

Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..

Adelphia :: Adelphia (n.) A brotherhood, or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc..

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