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Quass :: Quass (n.) A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians..

Dropping :: Dropping (n.) The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.

Sublet :: Subletting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suble.

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of letting go in; admission.

Strappado :: Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated..

Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..

Letting :: Letting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Le.

Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..

Drip :: Drip (n.) A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops..

Deplete :: Deplete (a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine..

Demission :: Demission (n.) The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection..

Lease :: Lease (v. t.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury..

Arteriotomy :: Arteriotomy (n.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting..

Percolation :: Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it..

Charter :: Charter (n.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below..

Lease :: Lease (v. t.) The contract for such letting.

Loose :: Loose (n.) A letting go; discharge.

Catoptromancy :: Catoptromancy (n.) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable..

Let-alone :: Let-alone (a.) Letting alone.

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