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Woolsack :: Woolsack (n.) A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form..

Stumble :: Stumble (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against..

Budget :: Budget (n.) The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries..

Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel..

Per- :: Per- () A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much..

Chance :: Chance (adv.) By chance; perchance.

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Case :: Case (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..

Occasion :: Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.

Chance :: Chance (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.

Habnab :: Habnab (adv.) By chance.

Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter..

Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..

Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits..

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

Accidentally :: Accidentally (adv.) In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

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