1. A model or figure used by a ventriloquist
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2. There are four of them annually or to add herb, salt, pepper or similar flavouring
3. A number of bullets or other projectiles discharged at the same time
4. Plunge headfirst into water or steeply downwards through the air
5. A seed or ground spice of the evergreen tree myristica fragrans, which also produces mace