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Quickset :: Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn..

Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay..

Musa :: Musa (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain..

Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed..

Metronome :: Metronome (n.) An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music..

Acquittal :: Acquittal (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court..

Quadrille :: Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set..

File :: File (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers..

Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities..

Denture :: Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth..

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..

Dun :: Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately..

Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.

Acquit :: Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.

Offsetting :: Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offse.

Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A mason's setting maul.

Creamery :: Creamery (n.) A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.

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