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Appurtenance

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Equipment 76% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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Fitting 76% connected

of Fit

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Kit 76% connected

To cut.

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Regalia 76% connected

That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or para…

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Rigging 76% connected

of Rig

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Saddlery 76% connected

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Tackle 76% connected

Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

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Append 74% connected

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

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Append 74% connected

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

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Accessory 92% connected

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contrib…

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Gear 92% connected

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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Paraphernalia 92% connected

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

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Supplement 92% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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