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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

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A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower;…

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

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A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as a…

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A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

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imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

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That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with ca…

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One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.

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One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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A way or passage under an arch.

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of Condescend

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

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of Patronize

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Full of pranks; frolicsome.

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Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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