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SYN Abolish revoke rescind cancel
SYN:, Abolish, revoke, rescind, cancel, annul, recal, abrogate, reverse, discontinue, rescind, make void.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

SYN Answer reply rejoin correspond
SYN: Answer, reply, rejoin, correspond, tally, accord, meet, suit.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

square a really round circle
Our chief business will be to draw very straight, accurate, and even lines, a perfect square, a really round circle.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

scream a rough rugged curled
Cos, n. an itching Coygordd, n. a retinue Cosi, v. to assuage itching Cosiad, n. a scratching Cosp, n. chastisement Cospad, n. a chastising Cospadwy, a. punishable Cospedig, a. chastised Cospedigaeth, n. punishment Cospedigol, a. castigatory Cospi, v. to chastise, to punish Cospiad, n. a punishing Cospol, a. castigatory Cospwr, n. a chastiser; a punisher Cost, n. a coast; cost, charge Costio, v. to expend; to cost Costiol, a. relating to cost Costog, a. sluggish; morose Costogi, v. to grow surly Costrel, n. a flaggon; a jar Costrelaid, n. a jar full Costrelan, n. a phial; a jar Costrelig, n. a small jar Costrelu, v. to put in a jar Costrelwr, one that puts in a jar Costus, a. chargeable, dear Coswr, n. a scratcher Cosyn, n. a single cheese Cot, n. a short tail or crop Coten, n. a little dag or tail Cotwm, n. a dag-wool; cotton Cotymog, a. dagged, ermined Cothi, v. to squirt, to eject Cothwr, n. an ejector Cowyllu, v. to envelop Cowyn, n. the plague Cowynog, a. full of biles Crab, n. a crinkle, a shrink Crach, n. scabs; itch; maneg Crachen, n. a scab; a crust Crachenu, v. to form a scab Crachfeddw, a. half drunk Crachfeddyg, n. a quack Crachlyd, a. apt to be scabby Crachog, a. full of scabs Craf, n. cloves; claws; garlic Crafangiad, n. gripe; handful Crafangc, n. a claw, a crab fish Crafangiad, a clawing, a griping Crafangio, v. to claw, to gripe Crafangwr, n. a clawer, a griper Crafell, n. a scraper Crafellu, to use a slice; to scrape Crafen, n. a flake; a crust Crafiad, n. a scraping Crafu, v. to scrape, to scratch Crafwr, n. a scratched Craff, n. a clasp; a cramp: a. securing, sure; keen Craffder, n. keeness; skill Craffiad, n. a securing Craffiniad, n. scarification Craffinio, v. to scarify Craffu, v. to secure hold; to ken Craffus, a. penetrating, piercing Craffwr, n. perceiver Crag, n. a hard crust Cragen, n. a shell Cragenaidd, a. crustaceous Cragenog, a. having a shell Crai, n. heat; potency; the heart; the eye of a needle; a. vivid: fervid; fresh Craid, n. vehemency; force Craidd, n. a centre; the heart Craig, n. a crag; a rock Crair, n. a token; a relic Craith, n. a scar; a cicatrice Cram, n. an incrustration Cramen, n. a scab over a sore Crameniad, n. scabbing Cramenog, a. covered with scab Cranenu, v. to scab over Crammwyth, n. a pancake Crammwythen, n. a fritter Crangc, n. a crab; a cancer Crangen, n. a wen Crangenog, a. full of wens Crap, n. a grapple, a catch Crapiad, n. a grappling Crapio, v. to grapple; to snatch Crapiog, a. grappling, snatching Crapiwr, n. a grappler Crâs, what is parclied; a toast: a. parched, acrid; saucy Crasaidd, a. of a parching nature; acrid Crasair, n. sauciness Crasboeth, a. acrid, pungent Crasboethi, v. to parch with heat Crasboethiad, n. a parching, or a drying with heat Crasdant, n. a sharp note Crasder, n. aridity; sauciness Crasdir, n. parched ground Crasedig, a. parched; toasted Craseiriog, a. malepert Crasgalaf, n. the herb flavin Crasgnoi, v. to scranch Crasiad, n. a parching; a roasting Crasiedydd, n. a roaster Crasol, a. parching, drying Crasu, v. to parch, to roast Craswr, n. a parchet; a dryer Crasyd, n. parched corn Crawen, n. a crust Craweniad, n. incrustation Crawenog, a. crusted, crusty Crawenol, a. incrustating Crawenu, v. to become crusty Crawn, n. a collection; pus Crawni, v. to collect; to form Crawnllyd, a. purulent Crawnol, a. collecting Crëad, n. a creation Crëadol, a. creating, plastic Crëadur, n. a creature Crëaduriaeth, n. creation Crëawd, n. formation, creation Crëawdwr, n. a creator Crebach, n. what is shrunk: a shrunk, withered Crebachiad, a. shrinking Crebachlyd, a. apt to contract, or shrink Crebachu, v. to shrink Crebachwr, n. one that shrinks Crebog, a. shrunk, withered Crebwyll, n. fancy, intention Crebwyllo, v. to imagine Crebwylliad, n. an imagining Creciad, n. a chirping Crecian, v. to chirp, to chatter Creciar, n. the darker hen Crech, n. a shriek, a scream; a rough, rugged, curled Crechiad, n. a shrieking out Crechian, v. to shriek, to crash Crechol, a. screaming Crechwen, n. a shrill laugh Crechwenu, v. to laugh out Cred, n. belief; faith; religion Credad, n. a believing Credadwy, a. credible Credadyn, n. a believer Crededd, n. belief, credibility Credin, a. believing, credulous Crediniaeth, n. a belief Credo, n. a belief, a creed Credol, a. believing, crediting Credu, v. to believe, to credit Credus, a. inducing belief Credwr, n. a believer Creddiad, n. temperament Creddu, v. to dispose Crëedig, a. created, formed Crëadigaeth, n. creation Cref, a cry, a scream: a. strong, powerful Crefiad, n. a craving; a suing Crefiant, n. a craving Crefol, a. craving, imploring Crefu, v. to cry, to crave Crefydd, n. devotion; religion Crefyddol, a. devout, religious Crefyddoldeb, n. religiousness Crefyddu, v. to act religiously Crefyddwr, n. a religionist Crefft, n. a handy-craft; a trade Crefftwr, n. a handy-craftsman, a mechanic; a tradesman Creffyn, n. a brace, a clasper Creffyniad, n. a bracing Creffynu, v. to brace, to plate Creg, a. hoarse, of rough voice Cregen, n. an earthen vessel Cregenu, v. to make pottery Cregenydd, n. a potter Creglais, n. a hoarse voice Creglyd, a. apt to hoarse Cregu, v. to become hoarse Creyna, v. to gather shells Cregynog, a. having shells Cregynol, a. testaceous Cregyr, n. a screamer, heron Creiad, n. a freshening Creider, n. fresness; purity Creiddiad, n. pervasion Creiddiol, a. pervasive Creiddyn, n. what juts into Creifion, n. scrapings Creigiaidd, a. rocky Creigio, v. to grow rocky Creigiog, a. rocky, craggy Creigiogrwydd, n. rockiness Creigiol, a. apt to be rocky Creilwg, n. charred furse Creiniad, n. a wallowing Creinio, v. to wallow Creiniol, a. wallowing, rolling Creiniwr, n. a wallower Creio, v. to freshen, to brisken Creirâu, v. to swear by the relics Creirdŷ, n. a house for relics Creirfa, n. a reliquary Creiries, n. a jewel, a beauty Creisier, n. a calcinatory Creision, n. calcined matter; dross of anything burnt Creisioni, v. to calcine Creithen, n. a cicatrice, a scar Creithiad, n. cicatrization Creithio, v. to cicatrize Creithiog, a. full of scars Creithiol, a. cicatrisive Cremog, n. a pancake Crencyn, n. a small crab Crepa, n. a crabbed dwarf Crepian, v. to creep, to hobble Crepaniog, a. creeping Crepog, a. shrunk; withered Cres, n. a hardening by heat Cresiad, n. inflamation Crest, n. scum, dregs; scurf Cresten, n. a crusted surface Crestenu, v. to gather scurf Crestiad, n. incrustation Crestog, a. being crusted over Crestol, a. apt to incrustate Crestu, v. to incrustate Cresu, v. to parch, to scorch Creth, n. disposition, purpose Crëu, v. to create Creuan, n. the cranium Creuled, a. drenched in gore Creulon, a. bloody, cruel Creulonaeth, n. cruelty Creuloni, v. to wax cruel Creulonrwydd, n. cruelty Creulys, n. groundsel Creuol, a. gory, bloody Crew, n. a shout, an outcry Crëwr, n. a creator, a former Crewt, n. a faint cry Crewtian, v. to whine, to pule Cri, n. a cry, a clamour: a. rough, rude; raw, fresh Criad, n. a crying, a bawling Crib, n. a comb; a crest, a top Cribach, n. a hay-hook Cribarth, n. a ridged hill Cribddail, n. extortion; pillage Cribddeilio, v. to extort Cribddeiliwr, n. an extortioner Cribell, n. a cock’s comb Cribiad, n. a combing Cribin, n. a hay-rake Cribiniad, n. a raking Cribinio, v. to rake Cribiniwr, n. a raker Cribion, n. combings Cribo, v. to comb, to card Cribog, a. indented; crested Cribwr, n. a comber, a carder Cricell, n. a cricket Cricellu, v. to chirp, to chatter Criciad, n. a cricket Criciedydd, n. a creaker Crif, n. a row of notches Crifellu, v. to notch, to grave Crifiad, n. a notching Crig, n. a crick Criglyn, n. a faint trace Crigyll, n. ravine; creek Crimmell, n. a sharp ridge Crimmog, n. a shin, a greave Crimmogiad, n. a shinning; a kick on the shin Crimmogio, v. to shin Crimp, n. a sharp ridge Crimpiad, n. a crimping Crimpio, v. to crimp Crin, a. brittle, fragile; niggard Crinad, n. a growing brittle Crinder, n. brittleness Crinell, n. what is clung Crinelliad, n. crepitation Crinellu, v. to cling; to cracle Crinlys, n. the violet Crino, v. to wax brittle, to clung Crintach, a. niggardly Crintachrwydd, n. niggardliness Crintachu, v. to grow niggardly Crintachwr, n. a niggard Crinwydd, n. dry brushwood Crio, v. to cry, to clamour Crip, n. a scratch; a notch Cripiad, n. a scratching Cripio, v. to scratch, to claw Cripiog, a. having scratches Cripiol, a. scratching, clawing Cripiwr, n. a scratcher Cris, n. a scale, a hard crust Crisb, n. a crisp coating Crisbin, a. crumbling, crisp Crisbinio, v. to crisp, to dry Crisial, n. crystal Crisialad, n. crystalization Crisialaidd, a. crystaline Crisialu, v. to crystalize CRIST, n. Christ, Messiah Cristion, n. a christian Cristionogaeth, n. christianity Cristionogaidd, a. christianly Cristionogol, a. christianly Croca, a. crooked, tortuous Croch, a. rough, forcible; eager Crochan, n. a boiler, a pot Crochanaid, n. a pot-full Crochenu, v. to make pottery Crochenydd, n. a potter Crochenyddiaeth, n. pottery Crochenyn, n. a little pot Crochlais, n. a rough voice Crochlef, n. a shrill shout Crochlefain, n. a scream Crochlefwr, n. a great shouter Crochleisio, v. to vociferate Croen, n. a skin, a hide Croendew, n. thick-skinned Croenog, a. having skin Croenol, a. cutaneous Croenen, n. a cuticle Croengyrchu, v. to wrinkle a skin Croeni, v. to skin, to skin over Croeniad, n. a skinning Croes, n. a cross; a crucifix: a. cross, transverse Croesaw, n. a welcome Croesawgar, a. hospitable Croesawiad, n. a welcoming Croesawl, a. transversial Croesawu, v. to welcome Croesawus, a. hospitable Coesdroi, v. to contort Croesdynu, v. to contend Croesen, n. a coquette; a jilt Croesffon, n. a cross staff Croesffordd, n. a cross road Croesgynghanedd, n. alliterative consonancy Croeshoeliad, n. crucifixion Croeshoelio, v. to crucify Croesi, v. to cross, to put across Croesiad, n. a crossing Croesineb, n. crossness Croeslath, n. a purlin Crog, n. a cross, a crucifix; a. hanging, overhanging Crogadwy, a. that may be hung Crogbren, n. a gallows Crogedyf, n. a dropwort Crogell, n. a place to hang meat Crogen, n. a gill; a jaw Crogi, v. to hang, to suspend Crogiad, n. a hanging Croglath, n. a springe Croglen, n. a hanging; a curtain Croglith, n. the mass of the cross Crogwr, n. a hangman Crom, a. bending, boughed Cromen, n. a dome, a cupola Cromglwyd, n. a thatch hurdle Crombill, n. the craw, crop or gorge of a bird Cromilaid, n. a crop full Cromlech, n. an incumbent flag, a stone of covenant Cron, a. round, circular Cronbleth, n. a bobbin Cronnel, a. a globule; a globe Cronellog, a. globular Cronellu, v. to glomerate Cronen, n. a globe, a sphere Cronfa, n. a receptacle; a dam Cronglwyl, n. a roof hurdle Croni, v. to board, to dam Croniad, n. a damming Cropa, n. a crop, or a craw Cropiad, n. a creeping Cropian, v. to creep, to crawl Cropiedydd, n. a creeper Crotawg, a. plump, round Croten, n. a little plump girl Croth, n. a bulge; a womb Crothawg, gibbous; big-bellied Crothell, n. a bulge; a bansticle Crothi, v. to bulge, to swell Croyw, a. clear; brisk; fresh Croywder, n. freshness Croywi, v. to freshen; to brisk Cru, n. a hollow rotundity Crub, n. a swelling out Crud, n. a cover, a case Crug, n. a heap, a tump Crugo, v. to heap, to swell Crugog, a. having heaps Crugdardd, n. a pustule Crugdarddu, v. to imposthumate Crugiad, n. a heaping up Crugyll, n. a place of tumps Crugyn, n. a small heap Crygynu, v. to pile, to heap Crygynog, a. full of tumps Crwb, n. a round hunch Crwbach, n. a hook, a crook Crwban, n. a tortoise Crwc, n. a bucket, a pail Crwca, a. crooked, bowed, bent Crwcau, v. to bow, to curve Crwcwd, n. a round squat Crwm, a. bending, concave Crwmach, n. convexity Crwn, a. round, circular Crwt, n. a crust; a dumpy one Crwtyn, n. a little dumpy one Crwth, n. a bulge, a trunk; a belly; a violin Crwybr, a. a scum; honeycomb Crwydr, n. a wandering Crwydrai, n. a wanderer Crwydrol, a. wandering Crwydredigaeth, a. vagrancy Crwydriad, n. a vagabond Crwynllys, n. the gentian Crwynwr, n. the skinner Crybwyll, n. a hint; an idea Crybwylliad, n. a hinting Crybwyllo, v. to intimate Crybychawl, a. crinkling Crybychiad, n. a crinkling Crybychu, v. to crinkle Crycydu, v. to squat down Crŷch, n. a wrinkle; a ripple; a. wrinkled; rippling Crychedd, n. roughness Crychiad, n. a wrinkling, crepature; a shake in music Crychiant, n. curliness Crychias, n. a rough boiling Crychlais, n. a broken voice Crychlam, n. a caper Crychlamiad, n. a capering Crychnaid, n. a skip, a frisk Crychneidio, v. to skip Crychni, n. curliness Crychrawn, a. frizzly, haired Crychu, v. to ruffle; to ripple Crychydd, n. a ruffler; a heron; crane Cryd, n. a quake; a fever Crydiad, n. a shivering Crydian, v. to keep shivering Crydio, v. to shiver, to quake Crydiol, a. shivering, quaking Crydu, v. to tremble, to shudder Crydus, a. shivering, trembling Crydwst, n. a shivering fit Crydd, n. a shoemaker Cryddiaeth,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

suppose a Roman republican capable
If, therefore, an opportunity was ever afforded him of doing the world the above-mentioned act of justice at the expense of his countrymen, and he abstained from it,—it being impossible to suppose a Roman republican capable of a dereliction of principle—it is clear that he preferred the applause of his nation to that of the rest of the world; and all becomes a question of taste.
— from The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells

sails and running rigging considerably
We were two hours under the fire of the enemy's batteries, and the only damage received in the ship is a twenty-four pound shot nearly through the centre of the mainmast, thirty feet from the deck; main royal yard and sail shot away; one of our quarter-deck guns damaged by a thirty-two pound shot, which, at the same time, shattered a mariner's arm; two lower shrouds and two backstays were shot away, and our sails and running rigging considerably cut.
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat

States and reach really colossal
Gifts to colleges and universities form one of the finest evidences of interest in higher education in the United States, and reach really colossal proportions.
— from College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper

SELINCOURT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Chapter
The Riverside Press Cambridge 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY ANNE DOUGLAS DE SELINCOURT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Chapter: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X. THE THIRD
— from The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

see a rocky ravine covered
“I see a rocky ravine covered with brambles,” he said.
— from Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore

say a right raal Catholic
“That is to say, a right raal Catholic, as my fathers were before me, with nothing of your missionary religion about me; but just on the outside, maybe, I’m a heathen, just for convenience sake, you’ll understand.”
— from The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific by William Henry Giles Kingston


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