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Galley :: Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..

Dependence :: Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

Unlash :: Unlash (v. t.) To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down..

Downgyved :: Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling..

Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..

Biffin :: Biffin (n.) A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple..

Quiet :: Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down..

Topple :: Topple (v. t.) To throw down; to overturn.

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

Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..

Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

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

Brike :: Brike (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.

Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..

Declinate :: Declinate (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

Set :: Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

Estrich :: Estrich (n.) The down of the ostrich.

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