A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
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A seal, as of a letter.
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An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
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of Crow
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The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
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A step, stair, or staircase.
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A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.
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One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
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A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, o…
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A large medal or memorial coin.
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A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
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The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
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A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a…
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That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
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A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
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Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
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A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected i…
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A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…
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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…
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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…
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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…
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Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
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a woman's virtue or chastity
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