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Polygyny :: Polygyny (n.) The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

Actual :: Actual (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Overwork :: Overwork (n.) Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor..

Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..

Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.

Impression :: Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time..

Robbin :: Robbin (n.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.

Age :: Age (n.) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles..

Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

At :: At (prep.) Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at..

Lesson :: Lesson (n.) Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time..

Maccabees :: Maccabees (n. pl.) The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint..

Ultimate :: Ultimate (a.) Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.

Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..

Bourree :: Bourree (n.) An old French dance tune in common time.

Reliquidate :: Reliquidate (v. t.) To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.

Southernwood :: Southernwood (n.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..

Posteriorly :: Posteriorly (adv.) Subsequently in time; also, behind in position..

Evaporometer :: Evaporometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

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