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Seaward :: Seaward (a.) Directed or situated toward the sea.

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Onwards :: Onwards (adv.) Onward.

Front :: Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east..

Sidesman :: Sidesman (n.) An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Riser :: Riser (n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.

Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..

Venality :: Venality (n.) The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank..

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..

Fend :: Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows..

Exosmose :: Exosmose (n.) The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose..

Sward :: Swarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swar.

Self-asserting :: Self-asserting (a.) asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner..

Crown :: Crown (n.) A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward..

Easterling :: Easterling (n.) A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic..

Right :: Right (a.) The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc..

Earthwards :: Earthwards (adv.) Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

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