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  • 71Cross stroke — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …

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  • 72Cross wind — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …

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  • 73Cross wires — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …

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  • 74Impatient — Im*pa tient ([i^]m*p[=a] shent), a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.] 1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or… …

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  • 75Moodier — Moody Mood y, a. [Compar. {Moodier}; superl. {Moodiest}.] [AS. m[=o]dig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also …

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  • 76Moodiest — Moody Mood y, a. [Compar. {Moodier}; superl. {Moodiest}.] [AS. m[=o]dig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also …

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  • 77Moody — Mood y, a. [Compar. {Moodier}; superl. {Moodiest}.] [AS. m[=o]dig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also,… …

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  • 78Petulant — Pet u*lant, a. [L. petulans, antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. p[ e]tulant. See {Petition}.] 1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] Burton. [1913 Webster] 2. Capriciously… …

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  • 79Splenetic — Splen e*tic, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F. spl[ e]n[ e]tique. See {Spleen}.] Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. Splenetic guffaw. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? Pope.… …

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  • 80Waldo (short story) — infobox Book | name = Waldo Magic, Inc. title orig = translator = image caption = 1942 original publication magazine cover author = Robert A. Heinlein illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English series = genre = Science fiction… …

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