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Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..

Fiord :: Fiord (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska..

Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts..

Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting..

Riverside :: Riverside (n.) The side or bank of a river.

Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..

Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..

Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..

Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.

Incorporate :: Incorporate (v. t.) To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc..

Failing :: Failing (n.) The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.

Burse :: Burse (n.) An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse..

Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Messenger :: Messenger (n.) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent..

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin..

Assignee :: Assignee (v.) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor..

Water Gauge :: Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back.

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