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21chaff — I. n. 1. Husks, hulls, glumes. 2. Refuse, worthless matter. II. v. a. Ridicule, mock, scoff, deride, jeer, flout, make fun of, poke fun at (colloq.) …
22chaff — I [[t]tʃæf, tʃɑf[/t]] n. 1) the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing 2) straw cut up for fodder 3) worthless matter; refuse 4) bot the membranous, usu. dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants 5) mil strips… …
23chaff — I. /tʃaf / (say chahf) noun 1. the husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed. 2. straw cut small for fodder. 3. Military strips of metal foil of various lengths and frequency responses released in the atmosphere to inhibit radar. 4.… …
24dust — 1. in. to leave; to depart. □ Well, it’s late. I gotta dust. □ They dusted out of there at about midnight. 2. tv. to defeat someone; to win out over someone. □ We dusted the other team, eighty seven to ifty four …
25scrib|ble — scrib|ble1 «SKRIHB uhl», verb, bled, bling, noun. –v.t. 1. to write or draw carelessly or hastily: »to scribble verses. 2. to write in an untidy or illegible hand: »to scribble a note. 3. to cover or fill with meaningless scrawls, sloppy writing …
26Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
27The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …
28Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
29literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
30List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… …
