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A seal, as of a letter.
Alt. of Cachexy
A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).
Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.
A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
See Cazique.
To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.
The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.
The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
Idle talk; silly prattle.
of Cackle
A fowl that cackles.