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Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered..

Beau :: Beau (n.) A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..

Occlude :: Occlude (v. t.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen..

Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..

Scare :: Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake..

Quest :: Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively..

Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters..

Part :: Part (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..

Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc..

Hit :: Hit (v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point..

Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road..

Anniversary :: Anniversary (n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.

Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..

Impart :: Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth..

Derogate :: Derogate (v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.

Curled :: Curled (a.) Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course)..

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