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W. webster
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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webster (ˈwɛbstə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| an archaic word for weaver | |
| [Old English webbestre, from webba a weaver, from webb | |
| Webster (ˈwɛbstə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Daniel. 1782--1852, US politician and orator |
| 2. | John. ?1580--?1625, English dramatist, noted for his revenge tragedies The White Devil (?1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (?1613) |
| 3. | Noah. 1758--1843, US lexicographer, famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) |
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