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Shortsighted :: Shortsighted (a.) Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia..

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

Close :: Close (v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote..

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

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

Middlemost :: Middlemost (a.) Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost..

Skirt :: Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity..

Pineweed :: Pineweed (n.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States..

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

By :: By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by..

Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..

Subpena :: Subpellucid (a.) Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..

Early :: Early (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit..

Haw :: Haw (v. t.) To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen..

Handy :: Handy (superl.) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume..

Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..

Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam..

Gas :: Gas (n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state..

Cincinnati Epoch :: Cincinnati epoch () An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York..

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