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Transplacing :: Transplacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transplac.

Proposition :: Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Bivalent :: Bivalent (p. pr.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

Prop :: Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..

Pitot''s Tube :: Pitot's tube () A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter..

Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..

Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..

Staphyloraphy :: Staphyloplasty (n.) The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.

Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

Collocation :: Collocation (n.) The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

Replacement :: Replacement (n.) The act of replacing.

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients..

Salam :: Salam (n.) A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead..

Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..

Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place..

Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation..

Misplacing :: Misplacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misplac.

Couching :: Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands..

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