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Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..

Volume :: Volume (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..

Failure :: Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise..

Spare :: Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..

Pastor :: Pastor (n.) A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to..

Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away..

Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..

Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail..

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..

Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns..

Needlecase :: Needlecase (n.) A case to keep needles.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..

Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..

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