=cy lin' dri cal=: shaped like a cylinder, that is, long but with a round
surface, as a lead pencil.
=decency=: here, a good appearance.
=de cep' tive=: misleading.
=dep re da' tion=: theft; despoiling.
=De pro fun' dis cla ma' vi=: "I cried from the depths," a Latin psalm.
=dif' fi dence=: shyness.
=dil' a to' ri ness=: slowness; delay.
=dil' a to ry=: slow.
=di lem' ma=: difficulty.
=dis cerned'=: saw; understood.
=dis con' so late ly=: unhappily.
=dis til' ling=: for condensing sweet water from sea water.
=dlink=: drink, in broken English.
=doit=: a coin of small value.
=do mes' tic=: of the home.
=Dom' i nie=: a name sometimes given clergymen or schoolmasters.
=doub' let=: a garment covering the body from neck to waist.
=dough ty= (dou' ty): valiant; useful.
=drag=: the scent of a fox.
=dross=: money spoken of contemptuously, as something of no account.
=Dry' ad=: a wood nymph.
=du en' na=: chaperon.
=dun=: brownish.
=Dun dee'=: a Scotch seaport.
=e clipse'=: darkening; obscuring.
=ef fem' i nate=: womanish.
=e lec trom' e ter=: an instrument which indicates the presence of
electricity.
=em a na' tion=: a flowing forth.
=em bel' lish=: ornament; touch up.
=em' u late=: rival.
=e' quine=: pertaining to a horse.
=Esh' col=: a scene in the Bible.
=ex ha la' tion=: fumes; vapor.
=ex hil' a ra ted=: lifted up; greatly pleased.
=ex' i gence=: emergency.
=ex or' bi tant=: unreasonable; excessive.
=ex pos' tu la ted=: protested.
=fath' om=: a measure six feet in length.
=fer' rule=: the piece at the end of a parasol or umbrella.
=feu' dal=: relating to a lord of the Middle Ages.
=fi del' i ty=: faithfulness.
=fil' ial= (yal): due from a child to a parent.
=first mag' ni tude=: largest size; most importance.
=floe=: the ocean frozen into an ice-field.
=fort' a lice=: a small fortress.
=frank' lin=: a Saxon gentleman.
=Front-de-Boeuf= (front de beuf'): a Norman baron.
=gab' bro=: a kind of limestone rock.
=gal' liard= (yard): a gallant, valiant man.
=gear=: affair; concern.
=ge' ni i= (e): spirits.
=gen re= (zhan' r): dealing with everyday life.
=gen teel' ly=: like gentlefolk; properly.
=ge' o log' i cal=: relating to the substance of the earth.
=glaive=: a weapon resembling an ax.
=gra mer' cy=: thanks.
=gra tu' i tous=: useless; unnecessary.
=grav' i ta' tion=: the attraction of great bodies, such as the earth, for
other bodies.
=gren ade'=: a small bomb.
=gro tesque'= (tesk): absurd; unsightly.
=gyves= (jives): fetters; irons.
=hatch' way=: an opening in a deck.
=Hen' ri cus=: a settlement on the James river some distance above
Jamestown.
=her met' i cal ly=: tightly; impenetrably.
=hi la' ri ously=: uproariously.
=hor' i zon' tal=: on a level with the ground.
=hum' mock=: a knoll, or hillock.
=hy' dro plane=: an aeroplane which also moves on the water.
=il lus' tri ous=: distinguished; noted.
=im port' ed=: brought in from without.
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