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1.  Section C /
   artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.

   <blockquote>By cursed cabals of women.
   Dryden.blockquote>

   Syn. -- Junto; intrigue ...  details...

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2.  Section D and E /
   >n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]

   <blockquote ... >dab at an index.blockquote> Goldsmith.

   Dab, n. [Perh. so named  details...

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3.  Section F, G and H /
   >Apologue.

   <blockquote>Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.blockquote>

   <blockquote>The moral is the first business of the poet  details...

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4.  Section R /
   for a teacher or doctor of the law. "The gravest rabbies." Milton.

   <blockquote>Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren.blockquote> details...

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5.  Section T, U, V, and W /
   for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]

   <blockquote>In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.blockquote> Chaucer.

   Tab"ard*er (?), n. details...

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6.  Section S /
   , which is called also Lord's Day.

   <blockquote>Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.blockquote ... of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

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7.  Section I, J, K, and L /
   >&fist; The following couplet consists of iambic verses.

   <blockquote>Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
   In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram.blockquote> details...

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8.  Section P and Q /
   >Chaucer.

   <blockquote>To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
   Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.blockquote> Shak.

   <blockquote>In the military schools of riding a variety of details...

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9.  Section M, N, and O /
   >Chaucer.

   <blockquote>Death with his mace petrific . . . smote.blockquote> Milton.

   That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

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