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  • 81Skittishness — Skittish Skit tish, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. A restiff, skittish jade. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. Skittish Fortune… …

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  • 82The last cast — Cast Cast, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.] 1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw. [1913 Webster] 2. The thing thrown. [1913 Webster] A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.… …

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  • 83Whim — Whim, v. i. To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. [R.] Congreve. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Whimsical — Whim si*cal, a. [From {Whimsey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. A whimsical insult. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] My neighbors call me whimsical. Addison.… …

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  • 85freaky — adjective (freakier; est) Date: 1824 freakish • freakiness noun …

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  • 86cast — I. verb (cast; casting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs heap Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to move or send forth by throwing < cast a fishing lure > < cast …

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  • 87freakishly — adverb see freakish …

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  • 88freakishness — noun see freakish …

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  • 89Ambrose — Infobox Saint name= Saint Ambrose birth date= between AD 337 and 340 death date=4 April AD 397 feast day= December 7Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints . 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0&#8230; …

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  • 90Springfield Nuclear Power Plant — is a fictional nuclear power plant in the television animated cartoon series The Simpsons . The plant, owned by Charles Montgomery Burns, is located at 100 Industrial Way. The plant has a monopoly on the city of Springfield s energy supply, and&#8230; …

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