Definition of attachment

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Attachment (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

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Limb :: Limb (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..
Damsel :: Damsel (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles..
Service :: Service (n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment..
Stalactite :: Stalactite (n.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks..
Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
Proximal :: Proximal (a.) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb..
Idolatry :: Idolatry (n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
Obverse :: Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf..
Republicanism :: Republicanism (n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government..
Pallial :: Pallial (a.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve..
Interfoliaceous :: Interfoliaceous (a.) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment..
Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
Guess Warp :: Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
Magnetical :: Magnetical (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.
Marker :: Marker (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
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