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Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side..

Perch :: Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework..

Sack :: Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels..

Cocaine :: Cocaine (n.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain..

Localized :: Localized (imp. & p. p.) of Localiz.

Wenlock Group :: Wenlock group () The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.

Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Locality :: Locality (n.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..

Surgery :: Surgery (n.) The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment..

Eleven :: Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven..

Locally :: Locally (adv.) With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..

Yoncopin :: Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

Swiftly :: Swiftlet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.

Batman :: Batman (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds..

Local :: Local (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom..

Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..

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