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Axillars :: Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing..

O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle..

Closely :: Closely (adv.) Secretly; privately.

Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

Open :: Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open..

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume..

Port :: Port (n.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening..

Supper :: Supper (n.) A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Incapsulate :: Incapsulate (v. t.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane..

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Penstock :: Penstock (n.) A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses..

Tigh :: Tigh (n.) A close, or inclosure; a croft..

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Pingle :: Pingle (n.) A small piece of inclosed ground.

Packing :: Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close..

Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..

Parclose :: Parclose (n.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.

Cuddle :: Cuddle (v. t.) To embrace closely; to fondle.

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