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noun
The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.




noun
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.







noun
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.



noun
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.









noun
A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.

