Word: scare
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...speech of the youth scare the deep-bosomed, well-girt-up maidens...
Suppose, then, that you have determined to try for a prize. Don't be at all bashful about proclaiming this fact, for you will gain some reputation in an easy way, and you may, perhaps, scare away a rival or two. First of all, carefully choose an interesting subject, one that any examiner can enjoy. Heaven knows that all the subjects are dull enough; but such a one as "The Measurement of Molecular Magnitudes," despite its alluring alliteration, is enough in itself to insure failure...