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  • 121Brag — Brag, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. [1913 Webster] C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of came, and saw, and overcame. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The thing which is boasted of. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 122dasher — dash er (d[a^]sh [ e]r), n. 1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn. [1913 Webster] 2. A dashboard or splashboard. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 123Dashism — Dash ism ( [i^]z m), n. The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.] [1913 Webster] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 124Display — Dis*play , n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. [1913 Webster] Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. [1913 Webster] He died, as erring… …

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  • 125display device — Display Dis*play , n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. [1913 Webster] Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. [1913 Webster] He died, as… …

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  • 126Dress parade — Parade Pa*rade , n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See {Pare}, v. t.] 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where… …

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  • 127Flourish — Flour ish, v. t. 1. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. [Obs.] Fenton. [1913 Webster] 2. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical… …

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  • 128Flourish — Flour ish, n.; pl. {Flourishes}. 1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. Decoration; ornament; beauty. [1913 Webster] The… …

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