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Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..

Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..

Anathematize :: Anathematize (v. t.) To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.

Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

''gainst :: 'Gainst (prep.) A contraction of Against.

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melod.

Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..

Roofing :: Roofing (n.) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage..

Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..

Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague..

Metergram :: Metergram (n.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Theriaca :: Theriaca (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle..

Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..

Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..

Warning :: Warning (n.) Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition..

Revolt :: Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire..

Sodomy :: Sodomy (n.) Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.

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