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8174

 camayeu
[.] CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various figures and representations of landscapes, a kind of lusus naturae, exhibiting pictures without painting. The word is said to be the oriental camehuia, a name given to ...

16758

 dismay
[.] DISMAY, v.t. To deprive of that strength or firmness of mind which constitutes courage; to discourage; to dishearten; to sink or depress the spirits or resolution; hence, to affright or terrify. [.] [.] Be strong, and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou ...

16759

 dismayed
[.] DISMAYED, pp. Disheartened; deprived of courage.

16760

 dismayedness
[.] DISMAYEDNESS, n. A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness. [A useless word, and not used.]

16761

 dismaying
[.] DISMAYING, ppr. Depriving of courage.

34513

 may
[.] MAY, n. [L. Maius.] [.] 1. The fifth month of the year, beginning with January, but the third, beginning with March, as was the ancient practice of the Romans. [.] 2. A young woman. [.] 3. The early part of life. [.] [.] His May of youth and bloom of lustihood. [.] MAY, ...

34514

 may-apple
[.] MA'Y-APPLE, n. A plant of the genus Podophyllum.

34515

 may-bloom
[.] MA'Y-BLOOM, n. The hawthorn.

34516

 may-bug
[.] MA'Y-BUG, n. A chaffer.

34517

 may-bush
[.] MA'Y-BUSH, n. A plant of the genus Crataegus.

34518

 may-day
[.] MA'Y-DAY, n. The first day of May.

34519

 may-dew
[.] MA'Y-DEW, n. The dew of May, which is said to whiten linen, and to afford by repeated distillations, a red and odoriferous spirit. It has been supposed that from the preparation of this dew, the Rosicrucians took their name.

34520

 may-duke
[.] MA'Y-DUKE, n. A variety of the common cherry.

34521

 may-flower
[.] MA'Y-FLOWER, n. A plant; a flower that appears in May.

34522

 may-fly
[.] MA'Y-FLY, n. An insect or fly that appears in May.

34523

 may-game
[.] MA'Y-GAME, n. Sport or diversion; play, such as is used on the first of May.

34524

 may-lady
[.] MA'Y-LADY, n. The queen or lady of May, in old May-games.

34525

 may-lily
[.] MA'Y-LILY, n. The lily of the valley, of the genus Convallaria.

34526

 may-morn
[.] MA'Y-MORN, n. Freshness; vigor.

34527

 may-pole
[.] MA'Y-POLE, n. A pole to dance round in May; a long pole erected.

34528

 may-weed
[.] MA'Y-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Anthemis.

34529

 mayhem
[.] MAYHEM. [See Maim.]

34530

 maying
[.] MA'YING, n. The gathering of flowers on May-day.

34531

 mayor
[.] MA'YOR, n. [L. miror.] The chief magistrate of a city, who, in London and York, is called lord mayor. The mayor of a city, in America, is the chief judge of the city court, and is assisted, in some cases at least, by two or more aldermen. To the lord mayor of London ...

34532

 mayoralty
[.] MA'YORALTY, n. The office of a mayor.

34533

 mayoress
[.] MA'YORESS, n. The wife of a mayor.

58095

 undismayed
[.] UNDISMA'YED, a. Not dismayed; not disheartened by fear; not discouraged; as troops undismayed.

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

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