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Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..

Discount :: Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange..

Unholy :: Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious..

Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit..

Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..

Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

Permission :: Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

Fallow :: Fallow (n.) Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.

Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..

Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..

Wine :: Wine (n.) The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..

Disallowance :: Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..

Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

Lie :: Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall..

Argand Lamp :: Argand lamp () A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

Gallow :: Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t..

Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to..

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