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Begetting :: Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bege.

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

Lumbering :: Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.

Getting :: Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..

Puberty :: Puberty (n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females..

Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..

Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..

Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty..

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..

Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.

Forgetting :: Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.

Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..

Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..

Money-maker :: Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive..

Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.

Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.

Getting :: Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

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