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Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

Siciliano :: Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance..

Boston :: Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war..

Setfoil :: Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.

Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..

Puke :: Puke (a.) Of a color supposed to be between black and russet.

Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

Hone :: Hone (n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone..

Crebrisulcate :: Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

Emancipate :: Emancipate (a.) Set at liberty.

Pillory :: Pillory (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory..

Setule :: Setule (n.) A setula.

Nosethril :: Nosethril (n.) Nostril.

Settee :: Settee (n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once..

Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine..

Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..

Posseted :: Posseted (imp. & p. p.) of Posse.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..

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