| 1 | Aperea The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). |
| 2 | Island A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. Continent. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of
ice. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an
island or islands of; to isle. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
the deep. |
| 3 | Auld Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. |
| 4 | Abstringe To unbind. |
| 5 | Propinquity Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity. Nearness in time. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. |
| 6 | Dishonorary Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening
reputation. |
| 7 | Septum A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal
septum. A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a
mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under
Nautilus. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity
of an annelid. |
| 8 | Circulate To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round
and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. To pass from place to place, from person to person,
or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story
circulates. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person
to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of
credit. |
| 9 | Folious Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial. Foliose. |
| 10 | Mediaevalist One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history
of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the
Middle Ages. |
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