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Limiter :: Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district..

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To limit; to confine; to restrict.

Astrictive :: Astrictive (a.) Binding; astringent.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation..

Ruridecanal :: Ruridecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect..

Constablery :: Constablery (n.) The district or jurisdiction of a constable.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer..

Calabar :: Calabar (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa.

Stove :: Stove (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts..

Restriction :: Restriction (n.) The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds..

Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc..

Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Infinitive :: Infinitive (n.) Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Relative :: Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..

Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold..

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