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  • 71Female fern — Female Fe male, a. 1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male. [1913 Webster] As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 72Female rhymes — Female Fe male, a. 1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male. [1913 Webster] As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 73Female screw — Female Fe male, a. 1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male. [1913 Webster] As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 74Head voice — Voice Voice, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[ a]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1 …

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  • 75Iambi — Iambus I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …

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  • 76Iambic — I*am bic, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or composed of,… …

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  • 77Iambus — I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …

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  • 78Iambuses — Iambus I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …

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  • 79indefinite vowel — Neutral Neu tral, a. [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See {Neuter}.] 1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent. [1913 Webster] The heart can not possibly remain… …

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  • 80L — ([e^]l) n. 1. L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Ph[oe]nician,… …

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