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Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Vantage :: Vantage (n.) superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated..

Ci-devant :: Ci-devant (a.) Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor..

Observant :: Observant (n.) An Observantine.

Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

Academy :: Academy (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology..

Elvanite :: Elvanite (n.) The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course..

Rat :: Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union..

Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage..

Late :: Late (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life..

Silvanite :: Silvanite (n.) See Sylvanite.

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs..

Frame :: Frame (n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.

Lademan :: Lademan (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.

Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..

Dehors :: Dehors (n.) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover..

Public-spirited :: Public-spirited (a.) Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men..

Improvable :: Improvable (a.) Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.

Late :: Late (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher..

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