sextodecimo:
A size of paper produced by folding a printing sheet four times to form sixteen leaves; a page of this size, or a book composed of such pages.

decimosexto:
= sextodecimo


grasshopper:
A name for orthopterous insects of the families Acridiidæ and Locustidæ, remarkable for their powers of leaping, and the chirping sound produced by the males.

hoppergrass:
= grasshopper


landlubber:
A sailor's term of contempt for a landsman.

Lubberland:
An imaginary land of plenty without labour; a land of laziness.


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