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Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Answer :: Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..

Answer :: Answer (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation..

Answerless :: Answerless (a.) Having no answer, or impossible to be answered..

Obverse :: Obverse (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things..

Apollyon :: Apollyon (n.) The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon..

Answer :: Answer (n.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell..

Lychnis :: Lychnis (n.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields..

Amenableness :: Amenableness (n.) The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

Tebeth :: Tebeth (n.) The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January..

Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..

Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution..

Catechist :: Catechist (n.) One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters..

Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Respondent :: Respondent (a.) Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered..

Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..

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