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Despection :: Despection (n.) A looking down; a despising.

Consomme :: Consomme (n.) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Burr :: Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down..

Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..

Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

Down :: Down (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.

Footfall :: Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

Safety :: Safety (n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below..

Sober :: Sober (v. i.) To become sober; -- often with down.

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used..

Lock-down :: Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.

Abjection :: Abjection (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..

Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..

Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..

Succored :: Succision (n.) The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off..

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To lay down; to prostrate.

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