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Pantoscopic :: Pantoscopic (a.) Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects..

Unnear :: Unnear (prep.) Not near; not close to; at a distance from.

Rounding :: Rounding (a.) Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

Frithstool :: Frithstool (n.) A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary..

Almost :: Almost (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Foremast :: Foremast (n.) The mast nearest the bow.

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Warm :: Warm (superl.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed..

Lick :: Lick (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs..

With :: With (prep.) With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like..

Vertilinear :: Vertilinear (a.) Straight; rectilinear.

Brass :: Brass (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass..

Carotidal :: Carotidal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland..

Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay..

Crow''s-nest :: Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout..

Gin :: Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night..

Ready :: Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

Coquelicot :: Coquelicot (n.) The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet..

About :: About (prep.) In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person)..

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