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Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..

Better :: Better (a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..

Better :: Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better..

Better :: Better (a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise..

Filleting :: Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.

Emend :: Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal..

Better :: Better (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air..

Bete :: Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.

Equal :: Equal (a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value..

Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y

Agio :: Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

Futureless :: Futureless (a.) Without prospect of betterment in the future.

Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..

Bet :: Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.

Amelioration :: Amelioration (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration..

Bookish :: Bookish (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

Look :: Look (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy..

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