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Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

Arabist :: Arabist (n.) One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery..

Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..

Gelding :: Gelding (v. t.) A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male..

Capillaire :: Capillaire (n.) A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties..

Colt :: Colt (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

Bank Note :: Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2..

Underwood :: Underwood (n.) Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

Regrate :: Regrate (v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense..

Hong :: Hong (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage..

Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone..

Peristyle :: Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade..

Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane..

Sulphinate :: Sulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret..

Claymore :: Claymore (n.) A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.

Incrassative :: Incrassative (n.) A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors..

Metantimonic :: Metantimonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (HSbO3)..

Chopin :: Chopin (n.) A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart..

Package :: Package (n.) A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens..

Batz :: Batz (n.) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents..

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