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Deposition :: Deposition (n.) That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter..

Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..

Writable :: Writable (a.) Capable of, or suitable for, being written down..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

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

Flatwise :: Flatwise (a. / adv.) With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise..

Down :: Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound..

Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Jot :: Jot (v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.

Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy..

Feller :: Feller (n.) One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees..

Woodman :: Woodman (n.) One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Downright :: Downright (adv.) Straight down; perpendicularly.

Practice :: Practice (n.) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts..

Nap :: Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth..

Despiciency :: Despiciency (n.) A looking down; despection.

Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.

Pregravate :: Pregravate (v. t.) To bear down; to depress.

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