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Periwinkle :: Periwinkle (n.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina..

Tow :: Tow (v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope..

Guess Rope :: Guess rope () A guess warp.

Timocracy :: Timocracy (n.) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book..

Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).

Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..

Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The sum for which life or property is insured.

Auxesis :: Auxesis (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Fault :: Fault (n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..

Hooper :: Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk..

Fustet :: Fustet (n.) The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant..

Radical :: Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue..

Redpoll :: Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet..

Leech :: Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..

Alkalinity :: Alkalinity (n.) The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

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