DECAPITATIONS.

 

LIII.

COMPLETE, I signify a body of air with unlimited length,
breadth, and depth ; beheaded, I am a step; and again, I
am the highest and. lowest of cards; again, and I am a
French demonstrative pronoun; once more, and I am a
simple vowel, :
Answer—Space—pace—ace—ce—e,

Liv.

WHOLE, I am a brittle mineral substance ; behead me, I am
a girl; again, I am an animal; once more, and behold two
consonants, :

Answer—Glass—lass —ass—ss.

Lv.

COMPLETE, I am hard; beheaded, I am soft; beheaded
again and transposed, I am a well known metal.

Answer—Flint—lint—tin.

LVI.

CoMPLETE, I am a frown; beheaded, I am part of a dress
worn by a certain sect ; curtail me, and I am a very useful
animal.

Answer—Scowl—cowl—cow.

LVII.

COMPLETE, I am very useful to those persons who have
become me when bareheaded.
Answer—Gold—old.

-LVIII.

COMPLETE, I am a host; beheaded, I am what we all feel
pleased to be at one part of the year; curtail me, and I ama
dire calamity.
Auswer—Swarm—warm—war.
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