Nub: alternatives and connections

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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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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An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Alt. of Prominency

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The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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of Swell

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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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A small or imperfect ear of maize.

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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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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 body of individuals; an assemblage.

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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 beat or bruise with the fist.

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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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The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a…

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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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