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Scallion :: Scallion (n.) Any onion which does not bottom out, but remains with a thick stem like a leek..

Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:.

Rudderstock :: Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel..

Zootic :: Zootic (a.) Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.

Monument :: Monument (n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial..

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..

After-sails :: After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast..

Nestorian :: Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian..

Ferryman :: Ferryman (n.) One who maintains or attends a ferry.

Independence :: Independence (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it..

Sea Legs :: Sea legs () Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea..

Chancel :: Chancel (v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.

Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..

Mysticism :: Mysticism (n.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained..

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