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Leachy :: Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like..

Pallial :: Pallial (a.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..

Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

Follower :: Follower (n.) One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who, or that which, retains..

Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..

Hewe :: Hewe (n.) A domestic servant; a retainer.

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like..

Retain :: Retain (v. i.) To belong; to pertain.

Anadiplosis :: Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent..

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..

Uterus :: Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append..

Perennial :: Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not..

Countermarch :: Countermarch (n.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left..

Yeoman :: Yeoman (n.) A servant; a retainer.

Spermatheca :: Spermatheca (n.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa..

Habit :: Habit (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body..

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