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Hand :: Hand (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses..

Minuet :: Minuet (n.) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure..

Doggerel :: Doggerel (a.) Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes..

Measure :: Measure (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance..

Overmeasure :: Overmeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate too largely.

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Empty :: Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc..

Curtate :: Curtate (a.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic..

Precarious :: Precarious (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges..

Enclosure :: Enclosure (n.) Inclosure. See Inclosure.

Micron :: Micron (n.) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

Ease :: Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery..

Trochaical :: Trochaical (a.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse..

Marc :: Marc (n.) The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard..

Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure..

Blame :: Blame (v.) An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.

Virgate :: Virgate (n.) A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres..

Cynosure :: Cynosure (n.) Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

Ascertain :: Ascertain (v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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