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Purpose :: Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan..

Boll :: Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels..

Schene :: Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia..

Countermarch :: Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.

Surveyal :: Survey (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it..

Overdelighted :: Overdelighted (a.) Delighted beyond measure.

Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness..

Scrutinize :: Scrutinize (v. t.) To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals..

Table :: Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables,

Seismometric :: Seismometric (a.) Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements..

Measure :: Measure (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance..

Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..

Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops..

Enormous :: Enormous (a.) Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal..

Tetrameter :: Tetrameter (n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet..

Stal :: Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette..

Degree :: Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree..

Plethrum :: Plethrum (n.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet..

Even :: Even (a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite..

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