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Same as frostweed — an American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.
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Same as frumenty — food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc.
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Same as fugleman — a soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing.
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Same as galactometer — an instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (<it>i.e.</it>, its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
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Same as galleass — a large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See galleon, and galley.
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Same as gamashes — high boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
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Same as gambison — a defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
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Same as ganza — a kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
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