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101mound — I. transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1515 1. archaic to enclose or fortify with a fence or a ridge of earth 2. to form into a mound II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1551 …
102Japanese garden — Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien?), that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles. Landscape… …
103septum — /sep teuhm/, n., pl. septa / teuh/. Biol. a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment. [1710 20; < L septum, var. of saeptum enclosure, n. use of neut. of saeptus (ptp. of saepire to fence); akin to saepes… …
104mound — {{11}}mound (n.) 1550s, hedge, fence, also embankment, dam (a sense probably influenced by mount (n.)). The relationship between the noun and the verb is uncertain. Commonly supposed to be from O.E. mund hand, protection, guardianship (cognate… …
105hesitate — v 1. pause, wait, delay, hang back; procrastinate, hold off, hold [s.t.] up, lay [s.t.] over, refrain from further action, let the matter stand; balk, recoil, shrink, swerve, shy; dally, dillydally; temporize, put off, Inf. drag one s feet, Inf.… …
106be non-committal — PREVARICATE, give nothing away, dodge the issue, sidestep the issue, hedge, fence, pussyfoot around, beat about the bush, equivocate, temporize, shilly shally, vacillate, waver; Brit. hum and haw; informal sit on the fence. → non committal …
107Nobska Light — (March 2005) Location Woods Hole, Massachusetts Coordinates …
108leptophragmata — n. pl. [Gr. leptos, thin; phragma, hedge, fence] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In cryptonephridial forms, specialized cells at points of attachment of Malpighian tubules to the rectal peritrophic membranes …
109haw — haw1 /haw/, v.i. 1. to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech. n. 2. a sound or pause of hesitation. Cf. hem2 (def. 3). [1625 35; imit.] haw2 /haw/, interj …
110Churchaw Lane — See Stephen s Lane. The word hawe in Church hawe = O.E. ha3a, an enclosure, hence a churchyard. In Church hay, Hay = enclosure ( he3e, O.E.), hedge, fence = a churchyard, precinct …