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Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.

Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..

Handsel :: Handsel (n.) To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally..

Spurry :: Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings..

Eden :: Eden (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence..

Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..

Headfirst :: Headfirst (adv.) Alt. of Headforemos.

Dayspring :: Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning..

Te Deum :: Te Deum () An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words Te Deum laudamus. It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, We praise thee, O God, it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America..

Draff :: Draff (n.) The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught..

Erst :: Erst (adv.) First.

First-rate :: First-rate (n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

Trump :: Trump (v. t.) To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..

Young :: Young (superl.) Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn..

Serapis :: Serapis (n.) An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome..

A B C :: A B C () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet..

Bad Lands :: Bad lands () Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by ca–ons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands)..

Quater-cousin :: Quater-cousin (n.) A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.

Occasionalism :: Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body..

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