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Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..

Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..

Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..

Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.

Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..

Skilder :: Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..

Elder :: Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Yielder :: Yielder (n.) One who yields.

Elder :: Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church..

Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].

Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..

Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..

Outfield :: Outfield (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders..

Skelder :: Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

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