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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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of Baa

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One who oversees a gang of workmen.

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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boas…

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The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

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To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

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The first or chief man

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An old fellow; an aged rustic.

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One who hires.

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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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