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A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
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The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
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A loop for pulling or lifting something.
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A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
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A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
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A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
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A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.
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One who wears a tabard.
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A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
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A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
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A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.