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Approach :: Approach (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood..

Allhallowtide :: Allhallowtide (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st..

Neighbor :: Neighbor (n.) A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

Hake :: Hake (n.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling..

Doldrums :: Doldrums (n. pl.) A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors..

Dextrin :: Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Ery

Neighbor :: Neighbor (v. i.) To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near..

Sedilia :: Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

Hand :: Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..

Nerre :: Nerre (adv. & a.) Nearer.

Synonyms :: Synomocy (n.) Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.

Northwards :: Northwards (adv.) Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point..

Almagest :: Almagest (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works..

Quarto :: Quarto (n.) Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size..

Urry :: Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.

Bilge :: Bilge (n.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground..

Northern :: Northern (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west..

Tammuz :: Tammuz (n.) The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July..

Next :: Next (superl.) Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

Wing :: Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle..

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