Definition of after

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After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway..

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Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
Moravian :: Moravian (n.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter..
Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger..
Beton :: Beton (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail..
Postdiluvian :: Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights..
Sith :: Sith (prep., adv., & conj.) Since; afterwards; seeing that..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again..
Overmorrow :: Overmorrow (n.) The day after or following to-morrow.
Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Alias :: Alias (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
Tendril :: Tendril (a.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally..
Tonight :: Tonight (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo..
Father :: Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers..
Research :: Research (n.) Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom..
Residue :: Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..
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