Definition of serve

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Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving..

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Receive :: Receive (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive..
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..
Subpoenal :: Subpoena (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience..
Calycozoa :: Calycozoa (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.
Easter :: Easter (n.) The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
Least :: Least (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it..
Costive :: Costive (a.) Reserved; formal; close; cold.
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover..
Backstaff :: Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency..
Compressor :: Compressor (n.) Anything which serves to compres.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service..
Lo :: Lo (interj.) Look; see; behold; observe.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army..
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.
Undeserver :: Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man
Error :: Error (n.) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
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