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Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained..

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

Disadvantageous :: Disadvantageous (a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense..

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.

Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town..

Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..

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..

Camisado :: Camisado (n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack..

Oppugner :: Oppugner (n.) One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.

Argas :: Argas (n.) A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje..

Stack :: Stack (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved..

Trip :: Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward..

Envious :: Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues..

Fluorine :: Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..

Remonstrant :: Remonstrant (n.) one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian..

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