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Prescriptive :: Prescriptive (a.) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom..

Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..

Goulards Extract :: Goulards extract () An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

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..

Leader :: Leader (n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.

Up-line :: Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.

Championship :: Championship (n.) State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

Fair-leader :: Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope..

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead..

Debauch :: Debauch (n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army..

Leading :: Leading (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance..

Accentor :: Accentor (n.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

Antestomach :: Antestomach (n.) A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds..

Zinkenite :: Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead..

Vanadinite :: Vanadinite (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride..

Give :: Give (v. i.) To open; to lead.

Madrina :: Madrina (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party..

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