Luxuriantly

  • 121Twynholm —    TWYNHOLM, a parish, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Kirkcudbright; containing 777 inhabitants, of whom 216 are in the village. This place, of which the name, supposed to be a corruption of Twynham, is descriptive of… …

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  • 122Waternish —    WATERNISH, lately a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Duirinish, Isle of Skye, county of Inverness, 17 miles (N. W. by W.) from Portree; containing, with the hamlet of Stein, and island of Issay, 1260 inhabitants. This district, which is… …

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  • 123þúfian — wv/t2 to shoot forth, grow luxuriantly, to become leafy or bushy …

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  • 124bloom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blossom, flower; glow; flowering. v. i. blossom; mature; glow, flourish, thrive. See health, prosperity, vegetable. Ant., fade. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flower, blossom, floweret, efflorescence; see… …

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  • 125blossom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. flower, bloom; develop, flourish. See vegetable, prosperity. Ant., fade. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bloom, flower, floweret, bud; see flower 1 . v. Syn. flower, blow, burst into blossom; see bloom . III… …

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  • 126flourish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wave, wield, flaunt, brandish. See agitation. v. i. grow, prosper, thrive. See prosperity. n. fanfare; ornament. See music, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. embellishment, fanfare, wave; see… …

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  • 127thrive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prosper, batten, succeed, grow, flourish, bloom, flower. See prosperity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grow vigorously] Syn. blossom, blossom out, burgeon, wax, shoot up, flourish, mushroom, rise, bear …

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  • 128well — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. healthy, robust, strong, hale, hearty, in good health. adv. rightly, properly; thoroughly, skillfully, accurately; amply, sufficiently, fully, adequately; favorably, worthily; very much; quite,… …

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