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Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..

Downhill :: Downhill (a.) Declivous; descending; sloping.

Swans-down :: Swan's-down (n.) Alt. of Swans-dow.

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension..

Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.

Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

Stub :: Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub..

Jigging :: "Jigging (n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water..

Defluous :: Defluous (a.) Flowing down; falling off.

Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..

Downy :: Downy (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs..

Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Depose :: Depose (v. t.) To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain..

Lop :: Lop (a.) Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided..

Floorer :: Floorer (n.) Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities..

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