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Osseter :: Osseter (n.) A species of sturgeon.

Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

Spillikin :: Spilliard fishing () A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing..

Entry :: Entry (n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..

Nominate :: Nominate (v. t.) To set down in express terms; to state.

Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.

Orient :: Orient (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..

Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..

Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..

Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..

Indetermination :: Indetermination (n.) Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind..

Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Vagrant :: Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

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