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belay
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n 1: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
v 1: turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it
or him
2: fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
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cantabile
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adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
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overlay
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n 1: protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of
boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to
strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof
exterior [syn: sheathing, overlay, overlayer]
2: a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood
veneer) applied over a surface
v 1: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat
with a lot of gravy" [syn: overlay, cover]
2: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn:
overlie, overlay]
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roundelay
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n 1: a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
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securely
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adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she
held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly]
2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very
securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely]
3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion
in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy
securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant:
insecurely]
4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at
several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions
which they had quite securely held"
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shabbily
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adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a
shabbily dressed man"
2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling
shabbily in the drawing-room"
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showily
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adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr
Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at
the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously,
showily]
2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
[syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
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skimpily
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adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
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sleepily
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adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled
sleepily in the back of the car"
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sloppily
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adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
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soberly
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adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward
the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
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sourly
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adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new
rules only benefitted the managers"
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stably
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adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced
stably at the edge of the canyon"
2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has
been stably high"
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stubbly
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adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn:
bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
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surely
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adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used
informally for `surely'); "the results are surely
encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's
going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for
certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough";
"he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good";
"sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure,
for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as
shooting]
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underlay
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n 1: a pad placed under a carpet [syn: carpet pad, rug pad,
underlay, underlayment]
v 1: raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a
piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the
plate"
2: put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the
shingles with roofing paper"
3: provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay
the boards with joists"
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verbally
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adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally"
2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
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wobbly
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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mandalay
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n 1: a city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon
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beaujolais
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n 1: dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after
it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern
France
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tripoli
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n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone,
tripoli]
2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in
northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the
Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus
Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on
the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli,
Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]
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kimberley
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n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and
diamond marketing
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snappily
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tribally
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rubbly
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ae
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cassoulet
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virelay
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gourlay
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trichinopoly
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brierley
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brierly
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kalgoorlie
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gourley
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