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121bhreu-k̂- (-k-) — bhreu k̂ ( k ) English meaning: to strike; to throw Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘streichen, streifen” Note: only balto Slav., probably extension from bhrē̆ u 1. For k compare above S. 18 Anm. Material: Lith. braukiù braukiaũ… …
122acadian owl — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : saw whet owl * * * (in former systems of nomenclature) the saw whet owl. [1910 15] …
123whetten — etən transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: irregular from whet (I) + en, v. suffix : whet …
124Acadian — A*ca di*an, a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. Acadian farmers. Longfellow. n. A native of Acadie. [1913 Webster] {Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American… …
125Acadian epoch — Acadian A*ca di*an, a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. Acadian farmers. Longfellow. n. A native of Acadie. [1913 Webster] {Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest… …
126Acadian owl — Acadian A*ca di*an, a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. Acadian farmers. Longfellow. n. A native of Acadie. [1913 Webster] {Acadian epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest… …
127Appetize — Ap pe*tize, v. t. To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …
128Exacuate — Ex*ac u*ate, v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson. {Ex*ac u*a tion}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || …