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Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth..

Run :: Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..

Necessary :: Necessary (n.) A privy; a water-closet.

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

Embox :: Embox (v. t.) To inclose, as in a box; to imbox..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To squeeze; to press closely.

Gymnosperm :: Gymnosperm (n.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm..

Hypsometer :: Hypsometer (n.) An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition..

Safety :: Safety (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Parsimonious; stingy.

Basined :: Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

Entireness :: Entireness (n.) Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association.

Park :: Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng.

Interchain :: Interchain (v. t.) To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain..

Assiduity :: Assiduity (n.) Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence..

Croft :: Croft (n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm..

Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

Decahedron :: Decahedron (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

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