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Coss :: Coss (n.) A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles..

Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..

Strook :: Strontium (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years..

Ave Mary :: Ave Mary () A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria..

Behalf :: Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

For :: For (prep.) Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against..

Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..

Semitransept :: Semitransept (n.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church..

Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.

Half Blood :: Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse..

Doty :: Doty (a.) Half-rotten; as, doty timber..

Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book..

Minute :: Minute (n.) A coin; a half farthing.

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship..

Half-hatched :: Half-hatched (a.) Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs..

Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..

Respond :: Respond (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

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