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   rarebit
         n 1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn:
               {Welsh rarebit}, {Welsh rabbit}, {rarebit}]

English Dictionary: rarified by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rarefied
adj
  1. having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
    Synonym(s): rare, rarefied, rarified
  2. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
    Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rarified
adj
  1. having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
    Synonym(s): rare, rarefied, rarified
  2. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
    Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rear of tube
n
  1. opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
    Synonym(s): breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rarebit \Rare"bit\, n.
      A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See {Welsh rabbit}, under
      {Rabbit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rarefy \Rar"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rarefied}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Rarefying}.] [F. rar[82]fier; L. rarus rare + -ficare (in
      comp.) to make; cf. L. rarefacere. See {-fy}.]
      To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or
      enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; --
      opposed to condense.
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