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Ahull
- - With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.
Atoll
- noun - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
Boell
- noun - German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985)
Brill
- noun - European food fish
Chill
- noun - a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- a sudden numbing dread
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
- coldness due to a cold environment
- depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
- loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
- make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
Drill
- noun - A stout, durable cotton fabric
- (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
- a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
- learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
- similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
- systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- teach by repetition
- train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- undergo military training or do military exercises
Droll
- adjective - comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
Dwell
- verb - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
- exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind"
- inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
- originate (in);
- think moodily or anxiously about something
- to pause a while