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Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention..

Lampadrome :: Lampadrome (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize..

Carunculous :: Carunculous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles..

Scour :: Scour (v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

Intercurrence :: Intercurrence (n.) A passing or running between; occurrence.

Truncation :: Truncation (n.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces..

Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..

Bacchanalianism :: Bacchanalianism (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..

Atrenne :: Atrenne (v. t.) To outrun.

Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..

Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Colorature :: Colorature (n.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages..

Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows..

Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) The runner, 12..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Trunnion :: Trunnion (n.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam..

Torrent :: Torrent (n.) A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice..

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

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