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A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
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Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.
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Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
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Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
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In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.
n.
Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.
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Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.
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The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.
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Alt. of Noways
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A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.
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A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
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At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
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A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.
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An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
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In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.
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A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman.
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Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.
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Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
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A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
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Just now; at present.
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