Definition of allow

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Allow (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction..

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Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () See Cornish chough, under Chough..
Poundage :: Poundage (n.) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound..
Buck :: Buck (n.) The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
Bay Salt :: Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce..
Eelgrass :: Eelgrass (n.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast..
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
Portionist :: Portionist (n.) A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster..
Allowancing :: Allowancing (imp. & p. p.) of Allowanc.
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage..
Improbate :: Improbate (v. t.) To disapprove of; to disallow.
Allotment :: Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..
Allower :: Allower (n.) An approver or abettor.
Disallowance :: Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted..
Shallow-waisted :: Shallow-waisted (a.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel..
Intromittent :: Intromittent (a.) Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within..
Althea :: Althea (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Abelmosk :: Abelmosk (n.) An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow..
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