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  • 111froth — I. n. 1. Spume, foam. 2. Triviality, nonsense, empty show, mere words, balderdash, trash, flummery, bosh (colloq.). II. v. a. 1. Cause to foam, cover with foam or spume. 2. Emit as foam, give vent to frothily. III. v. n …

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  • 112consolation — noun I realize that mere words are of little consolation Syn: comfort, solace, sympathy, compassion, pity, commiseration, empathy; relief, help, support, moral support, encouragement, reassurance …

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  • 113wind — I n. [[t]wɪnd,[/t]] lit. [[t]waɪnd[/t]] v. [[t]wɪnd[/t]] n. 1) cvb mer air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface, caused by temperature differentials in air 2) mer a gale; storm; hurricane 3) any …

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  • 114verbalism — /ˈvɜbəlɪzəm/ (say verbuhlizuhm) noun 1. a verbal expression; a word or phrase. 2. a formal phrase or sentence, with little or no meaning. 3. predominance of mere words, as over ideas or realities …

  • 115wind — I. /wɪnd / (say wind) noun 1. air in natural motion, as along the earth s surface. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows, a fan, etc. 4. air impregnated with the scent of an animal or animals. 5. a hint… …

  • 116bark — Term is sometimes figuratively used to denote the mere words or letter of an instrument, or outer covering of the ideas sought to be expressed, as distinguished from its inner substance or essential meaning …

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  • 117ex visceribus — /eks vasehrabas/ From the bowels. From the vital part, the very essence of the thing. Ex visceribus verborum, from the mere words and nothing else …

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  • 118bark — Term is sometimes figuratively used to denote the mere words or letter of an instrument, or outer covering of the ideas sought to be expressed, as distinguished from its inner substance or essential meaning …

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  • 119ex visceribus — /eks vasehrabas/ From the bowels. From the vital part, the very essence of the thing. Ex visceribus verborum, from the mere words and nothing else …

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  • 120scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem — /sayriy liyjiyz non hok est varba iyeram taniriy sed vim aek powtasteytam/ To know the laws is not to observe their mere words, but their force and power [that is, the essential meaning in which their efficacy resides] …

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