Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CY-NARC-TOM'A-CHY
CY-NAP'I-N, or CY-NA'-PIACY-NE-GET'ICS
CY-NARC-TOM'A-CHY, n. [Gr. κυων, a dog, αρκτος, a bear, and μαχη, a fight.]
Bear-baiting with a dog. [A barbarous word.] – Hudibras.
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