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Found :: Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family..

Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..

Encroach :: Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..

Back :: Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back..

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..

Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it..

Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..

Steppe :: Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.

Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.

Pace :: Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

Tardigrade :: Tardigrade (a.) Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.

Step :: Stepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ste.

Tread :: Tread (n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread..

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Theatre :: Theatre (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater..

Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..

Stepsister :: Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.

Footing :: Footing (n.) Tread; step; especially, measured tread..

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