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Fid: a tapered usually wooden pin used in opening the strands of a rope
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Pawl: a pivoted tongue or sliding bolt on one part of a machine that is adapted to fall into notches or interdental spaces on another part so as to permit motion in only one direction
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Chatoyant: having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
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Enology: a science that deals with wine and wine making.
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Bosky: having abundant trees or shrubs.
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Carnyx: A bronze war-trumpet constructed with an animal head (usually a boar with the tongue forming a clapper).
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