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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Dominion; empire; authority.

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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff…

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An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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