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Tester :: Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston..

Trace :: Trace (v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr..

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

Dissocial :: Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings..

Coronis :: Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die..

Contracted :: Contracted (a.) Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace..

Extreme :: Extreme (a.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth..

Contractibility :: Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air..

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e..

Rit :: Rit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth..

Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) Without much extent; contractedly.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..

Incontracted :: Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.

Insular :: Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices..

Swown :: 'Swounds (interj.) An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..

Put :: Put () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth..

Ample :: Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative..

Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..

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