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Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below..

Ben :: Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment..

Treble :: Treble (n.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

Preceptory :: Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2..

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Agency :: Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another..

Chief :: Chief (n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.

Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..

Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

Mainland :: Mainland (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..

Picaresque :: Picaresque (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer..

Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..

Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..

Del Credere :: Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due..

Perpetuity :: Perpetuity (n.) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.

Chief :: Chief (a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man..

Wreath :: Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms..

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