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Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..

Realize :: Realize (v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets..

Oratory :: Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions..

Threshold :: Threshold (n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life..

Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Upend :: Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask..

Fine :: Fine (n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars..

Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..

Corset :: Corset (v. t.) To inclose in corsets.

Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law..

Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot..

Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Skysail :: Skysail (n.) The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.

Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion..

Setewale :: Setewale (n.) See Cetewale.

Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To set at large or set free.

Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep..

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