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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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of Mean

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Example; pattern.

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of Set

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Alt. of Significancy

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The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.

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The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

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The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.

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Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

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That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

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The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and,…

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The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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That which is borne or carried; a load.

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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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A resting place.

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A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

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The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an…

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To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both…

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The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consis…

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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