COQUILLE
\kˈɒkwɪl], \kˈɒkwɪl], \k_ˈɒ_k_w_ɪ_l]\
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Lit., a shell;
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The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc.
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A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.