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Clacker: Definition and part of speech

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Clacker

  1. n. A claqueur. See Claqueur.
  2. n. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Citrus: Definition and part of speech

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Citrus

  1. n. A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Civilization: Definition and part of speech

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Civilization

  1. n. Rendering a criminal process civil.
  2. n. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cittern: Definition and part of speech

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Cittern

  1. n. An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cittern-head: Definition and part of speech

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Cittern-head

  1. n. Blockhead; dunce; — so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

City: Definition and part of speech

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City

  1. a. Of or pertaining to a city.
  2. n. A large town.
  3. n. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
  4. n. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.