Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
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Lyeth
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covercrawlcurrentdead reckoningdeceitfulnessdeceivedeceptiondeludedirectiondirection linedisappeardishonestydistortdistortiondraw the longbowdriftdwelldwell inencompassenviron
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equivocateevadeexaggerateexaggerationexistexposureextendfablefairy talefalsificationfalsifyfalsityfarfetched storyfarragofictionfish storyfixflamflimflamforgeryfraudulencefrontageghost storygogo outgrovelhalf truthhalf-truthheadinghelmsmanshiphideholdhole upinaccuracyinclinationindwellinhereinveracity
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Noun(23 words)
layleasinglegal fictionlibellie athwartlie flatlie flatlylie inlie limplylie lowlie pronelie prostrateliementlineline of directionline of marchline of positionlittle white lielolllounge
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masquerademendacitymisguidemisinformmisinstructmisleadmisrepresentmisrepresentationmisstatemisstatementmythnavigationoccurorientationpalterpassperjurypilotagepilotingpious fictionpointpositionposition linepretendquarterradio bearingrangereachreach outreclineremainreposeresiderideride at anchorride easyride hawse fullrunsetshamshiftshift aboutsit tightslight stretchingsong and dancespanspeak falselysprawlspreadstandsteeragesteeringstorystraddlestretchstretch outstretch the truthsurroundsweeptake covertake intaletall storytall taletaradiddletell a lietendencytenorthrust outtracktrendtrumped-up storytrygve halvden lieuntruthwaywhite lieyarn
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