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Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..

Topple :: Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

Bedward :: Bedward (adv.) Towards bed.

Testament :: Testament (n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter..

High-reaching :: High-reaching (a.) Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring..

Buff :: Buff (n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown..

Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..

Homeward :: Homeward (a.) Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way..

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..

Intimate :: Intimate (a.) Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

Undulate :: Undulate (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate..

Rossel Current :: Rossel current () A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.

Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..

Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder..

Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..

Graff :: Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..

Southward :: Southward (a.) Toward the south.

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