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Conformable :: Conformable (a.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact..

Neck :: Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft..

Fierasfer :: Fierasfer (n.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian..

Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..

Gloss :: Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary..

Once :: Once (adv.) At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched..

Unearth :: Unearth (v. t.) To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret..

Surfaced :: Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship..

Citadel :: Citadel (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense..

Rotund :: Rotund (a.) Orbicular, or nearly so..

Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..

Billingsgate :: Billingsgate (n.) A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language..

Quartation :: Quartation (n.) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting..

Costmary :: Costmary (n.) A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost..

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..

Near :: Near (a) Close-fisted; parsimonious.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc..

Spade :: Spade (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel..

Zero :: Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero..

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