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Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

Frugality :: Frugality (n.) A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise..

Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..

Glaze :: Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes..

Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure..

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.

Illaudable :: Illaudable (a.) Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.

Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (a.) Raised to the fourth power.

Endless :: Endless (a.) Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor..

Peak :: Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular..

Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith..

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush..

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Corduroy :: Corduroy (n.) A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges..

Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.

Unvalued :: Unvalued (a.) Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit..

Bud :: Bud (v. t.) To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear..

Erector :: Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.

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