Definition of sort

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Sort (n.) A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems..

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Doorga :: Doorga (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms..
Separator :: Separator (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue..
Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..
Rascal :: Rascal (v.) One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer..
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
Coating :: Coating (n.) Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings..
Blancmanger :: Blancmanger (n.) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc..
Haunt :: Haunt (n.) The habit of resorting to a place.
Timber :: Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3..
Infula :: Infula (n.) A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white..
Ardassine :: Ardassine (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which..
Sort :: Sort (n.) Chance; lot; destiny.
Solarium :: Solarium (n.) An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents..
Star :: Stapler (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
Natant :: Natant (a.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish..
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Dumpling :: Dumpling (n.) A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling..
Consumptive :: Consumptive (n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives..
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