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Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

Tetrapody :: Tetrapody (n.) A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.

Lunar :: Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.

Apogee :: Apogee (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Lift :: Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift..

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..

Run :: Run (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles..

Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off..

Distanced :: Distanced (imp. & p. p.) of Distanc.

Earshot :: Earshot (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..

Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..

Inlander :: Inlander (n.) One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea..

Indistancy :: Indistancy (n.) Want of distance o/ separation; nearness.

Way :: Way (n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way..

Space :: Space (n.) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Afar :: Afar (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off..

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