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=ac ro bat' ics=: gymnastics; athletic exercises.

=ad' age=: saying; proverb.

=a e' ri al=: airy.

=a lac' ri ty=: eagerness; spryness.

=al' der man=: here, a Saxon nobleman.

=al' gae=: seaweeds.

=al ter' na tive=: a second choice.

=A' ma ti ki' ta=: an Esquimau.

=am' i ca bly ad just' ed=: arranged peacefully.

=am' phi the a ter=: a circular building with tiers of seats arranged
around an open space.

=an' chor ite=: a hermit.

=an' nals=: records.

=aped=: imitated.

=ap er tif'= (teef): an appetizer.

=ap' er ture=: opening.

=Ap' pa lach' ian=: a chain of mountains in the eastern United States.

=ap pre hen' sions=: fears.

=a quat' ic=: of the water.

=ar cade'=: an arched gallery.

=ar tic' u late=: in regular words.

=at' mos phere=: air pressure at sea level used as a unit.

=au ro' ra=: the Northern Lights, the red glow in the sky in the Far North.

=aus ter' i ty=: soberness; sternness.

=av a ri' cious= (rish us): greedy of gain.

=Bal lin droch' a ter=: a Scotch village.

=ban dit' ti=: outlaws; bandits.

=bar' bi can=: a tower over a gate or bridge.

=bar' o graph=: an instrument for recording changes in the atmosphere.

=ba rom' e ter=: an instrument that determines the weight of the air, and
thereby foretells changes in the weather.

=ba rouche'=: a low, open carriage.

=bau' ble=: a wand carried by jesters.

=Beau seant= (bo sa on'): "Well-seeming," an ancient French war cry.

=be nig' nant=: kind; helpful.

=big' gin=: a child's cap.

=Bois-Guil bert= (bwa guel bare'): a knight of the Order of the Temple.

=bo' nus=: an extra payment not included in wages.

=brake=: a thicket.

=bre' vi a ry=: a book containing a church service.

=brown-bill=: a weapon consisting of a long staff with a hook-shaped blade
at the top.

=buf foon' er y=: jesting; clownishness.

=bun' sen pile=: an electric cell containing zinc covered with sulphuric
acid at one end, and carbon surrounded by nitric acid at the other.

=buoyed= (booed): kept up; supported.

=bur lesque'= (lesk): humorous; not serious.

=byz' ant=: a large gold coin.

=ca lum' ni a tor=: a slanderer.

=car' bon=: one of the chemical elements; charcoal is its best known form.

=car' di nal=: a priest of high rank who wears a small red cap.

=car' ri on=: decaying flesh.

=car' tel=: a defiance; a challenge.

=casque= (cask): helmet.

=cas' sock=: a close-fitting garment rese