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Hare''s-foot Fern :: Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name..

Derision :: Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Short :: Short (superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv..

Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..

Senegin :: Senegin (n.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid..

Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..

Railway :: Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver..

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage..

Insition :: Insition (n.) The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

Woolstock :: Woolstock (n.) A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.

Gazingstock :: Gazingstock (n.) A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.

Gerant :: Gerant (n.) The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc..

Stoccado :: Stoccade (n. & v.) See Stockade.

Fireman :: Fireman (n.) A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker..

Stockmen :: Stockjobbing (n.) The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.

Ramed :: Ramed (a.) Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks..

Ginger :: Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine..

Genuine :: Genuine (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials..

Imburse :: Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money.

Float :: Float (v. t.) To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation..

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