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Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

Quaternary :: Quaternary (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four..

Worldling :: Worldling () A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

Attack :: Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc..

Onset :: Onset (v. t.) To assault; to set upon.

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..

Settle :: Settle (n.) A seat of any kind.

Inserting :: Inserting (n.) Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments..

Wale :: Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc..

Settler :: Settler (n.) One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc..

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests..

State :: Statary (a.) Fixed; settled.

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

Rest :: Rest (n.) A set or game at tennis.

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant..

Latrine :: Latrine (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc..

Well-set :: Well-set (a.) Properly or firmly set.

Sperm Whale :: Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale..

Rudolphine :: Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath..

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