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Ocular :: Ocular (a.) Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof..

Self-evident :: Self-evident (a.) Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth..

Rockaway :: Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..

Attest :: Attest (v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence..

Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..

Slip :: Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Objurgatory :: Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.

Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

Weatherproof :: Weatherproof (a.) Proof against rough weather.

Thunderproof :: Thunderproof (a.) Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..

Reprefe :: Reprefe (n.) Reproof.

Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal..

Suspicious :: Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

Stethal :: Stet (v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote..

Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..

Sugared :: Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof..

Objurgation :: Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.

Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..

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