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Ink

The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Liquid 76% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Inky 74% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.

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Inky 74% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.

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