Definition of putting

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Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..

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Vigesimation :: Vigesimation (n.) The act of putting to death every twentieth man.
Conclusive :: Conclusive (a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision..
Entry :: Entry (n.) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.
Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Deicide :: Deicide (n.) One concerned in putting Christ to death.
Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..
Dispossession :: Dispossession (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster..
Cyclorama :: Cyclorama (n.) A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..
Palmigrade :: Palmigrade (a.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals..
Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold..
Excitation :: Excitation (n.) The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
Croquet :: Croquet (v. t.) In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet..
Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium..
Stomata :: Stoloniferous (a.) Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
Stirrup :: Stirring (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life..
Self-asserting :: Self-asserting (a.) asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner..
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