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Gate

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Gross 76% connected

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Passageway 76% connected

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Restrict 76% connected

Restricted.

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Revenue 76% connected

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; i…

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Throttle 76% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Trammel 76% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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Portcullis 76% connected

A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.

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Postern 76% connected

Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.

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Tailboard 76% connected

The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

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Tollgate 76% connected

A gate where toll is taken.

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Turnpike 76% connected

A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a per…

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Turnstile 76% connected

A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.

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Wicket 76% connected

A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or…

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Hinge 70% connected

The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a jo…

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Lock 70% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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