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Coordinate :: Coordinate (n.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See Abscissa..

Ordinate :: Ordinate (v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize..

Picket :: Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake..

Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin..

Collector :: Collector (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll..

Chimaera :: Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point..

Poulaine :: Poulaine (n.) A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle..

Cassino :: Cassino (n.) A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Constituent :: Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.

Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..

Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

Sense :: Sense (v. t.) One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface..

Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.

Preappoint :: Preappoint (v. t.) To appoint previously, or beforehand..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Reef points.

Create :: Create (v. t.) To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer..

Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little..

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