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Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..

Vesication :: Vesication (n.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..

Metergram :: Metergram (n.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

Exorcism :: Exorcism (n.) Conjuration for raising spirits.

Coal Works :: Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal..

Shadoof :: Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation..

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Simple :: Simple (a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter..

Raising :: Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life..

Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..

Teaseler :: Teaseler (n.) One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.

Gin :: Gin (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc..

Forcing :: Forcing (n.) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat..

Napping :: Napping (n.) The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth..

Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue..

Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..

Dispraising :: Dispraising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disprais.

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