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  • 31off-key — {adj.}, {informal} 1. Not proper; queer. * /When George told jokes at the funeral, everyone thought his action was off key./ 2. In a false key. * /John always sings off key./ Compare: OUT OF LINE …

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  • 32off-key — {adj.}, {informal} 1. Not proper; queer. * /When George told jokes at the funeral, everyone thought his action was off key./ 2. In a false key. * /John always sings off key./ Compare: OUT OF LINE …

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  • 33Abay — A*bay ([.a]*b[=a] ), n. [OF. abay barking.] Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See {Bay}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 34Bay — Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bayed} (b[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baying}.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. [1913 Webster] The hounds at nearer distance… …

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  • 35Bayed — Bay Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bayed} (b[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baying}.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. [1913 Webster] The hounds at nearer… …

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  • 36bell — I. noun Etymology: Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar more at bellow Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck b. doorbell 2. a. the… …

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  • 37Dachshund — A red, smooth, standard sized dachshund Nicknames Teckel (BNL/FR/GER), Tekkel (BNL), Tekkel Doxie (US), Weenie Dog (US) (S.A.), Wiener Dog/Hotdog (US), Sausage Dog (UK/US/AUS), Bassotto (I), Sosis …

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  • 38Black Swan — This article is about the bird. For the 2010 film, see Black Swan (film). For other uses, see Black Swan (disambiguation). Black Swan Conservation status …

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  • 39Harpocrates — The child Horus represented to the ancient Egyptians the new born Sun, rising each day at dawn. When the Greeks conquered Egypt under Alexander, they transformed the Egyptian Horus into their Hellenistic god known as Harpocrates, a rendering from …

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  • 40Arawn — In Welsh mythology, Arawn was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn. Arawn in Welsh Mythology In the First Branch of the Mabinogi , Pwyll mistakenly set his hounds upon a stag, only to discover that Arawn had been hunting the same animal. To… …

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