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A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

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Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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a woman's virtue or chastity

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The act or process of secreting.

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Distinction by contrast.

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To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

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The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.

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Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.

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A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a…

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Flax; linen.

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High; lofty; towering; prominent.

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High; lofty; towering; prominent.

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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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The act of differentiating.

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That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

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To butt; to push with the horns.

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The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a b…

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