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Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp..

Accident :: Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors..

Reformado :: Reformado (v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay..

Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.

Sacrist :: Sacrist (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books..

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..

Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend..

Retained :: Retained (imp. & p. p.) of Retai.

Federal :: Federal (a.) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland..

Retinue :: Retinue (n.) The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..

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

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..

Larvalia :: Larvalia (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined..

Costive :: Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

Monoplastic :: Monoplastic (a.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element..

Retainable :: Retainable (a.) Capable of being retained.

Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..

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