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Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..

Cat :: Cat (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed..

Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..

Course :: Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.

Magma :: Magma (n.) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

Marmot :: Marmot (n.) Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog..

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.

Sewer :: Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities..

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..

Ground :: Ground () imp. & p. p. of Grind.

Ground :: Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds..

Zincography :: Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid..

Causey :: Causey (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground..

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..

Lens :: Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure..

Ground :: Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody..

Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..

Chewink :: Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin..

Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..

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