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Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow..

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

Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.

Insecution :: Insecution (n.) A following after; close pursuit.

Snow :: Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted..

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..

Nyula :: Nyula (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

Envelop :: Envelop (v. t.) To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship..

Embryo :: Embryo (n.) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination..

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

Connivent :: Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc..

Perianth :: Perianth (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.

Alkekengi :: Alkekengi (n.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato..

End :: End (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech..

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights..

Crebrisulcate :: Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

Tennantite :: Tennantite (n.) A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper..

Adductor :: Adductor (n.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..

Squat :: Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground..

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