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Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..

Subovated :: Subovate (a.) Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate..

Puny :: Puny (superl.) Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

Vail :: Vail (v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like..

Resident :: Resident (n.) A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4..

Medicornu :: Medicornu (n.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Aguardiente :: Aguardiente (n.) A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.

Galbanum :: Galbanum (n.) A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish..

Generate :: Generate (v. t.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order..

Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..

Baddish :: Baddish (a.) Somewhat bad; inferior.

Coarse :: Coarse (superl.) Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread..

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..

Tiers Etat :: Tiers etat () The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy..

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..

Puisne :: Puisne (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank..

Circular :: Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic..

Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court..

Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..

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