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Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Hydrothecas :: Hydrothecas (pl. ) of Hydrothec.

Dactylotheca :: Dactylotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds..

Pharmacopolist :: Pharmacopolist (n.) One who sells medicines; an apothecary.

Theca :: Theca (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.

Dithecal :: Dithecal (a.) Alt. of Dithecou.

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.

Dithecous :: Dithecous (a.) Having two thecae, cells, or compartments..

Pothecary :: Pothecary (n.) An apothecary.

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight..

Gonotheca :: Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian..

Theca :: Theca (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.

Hypothecator :: Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..

Gonangium :: Gonangium (n.) See Gonotheca.

Tetrathecal :: Tetrathecal (a.) Having four loculaments, or thecae..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains..

Endotheca :: Endotheca (n.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another..

Hypothecated :: Hypothecated (imp. & p. p.) of Hypothecat.

Thecata :: Thecata (n. pl.) Same as Thecophora.

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