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Outpost

A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

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Colony 76% connected

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent s…

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Settlement 76% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Station 76% connected

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.

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Advance verb · 78% connection

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Attempt verb · 78% connection

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bol…

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Battalia noun · 78% connection

Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

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Body noun · 78% connection

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physi…

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Bus network noun · 78% connection

a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…

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Camp noun · 78% connection

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

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Circumvallation noun · 78% connection

The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.

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Clear superl. · 78% connection

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clearance noun · 78% connection

The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

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Descent noun · 78% connection

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Draff noun · 78% connection

Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

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Elongation noun · 78% connection

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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Eminent adjective · 78% connection

High; lofty; towering; prominent.

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Encamp verb · 78% connection

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form…

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Encampment noun · 78% connection

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

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Flank noun · 78% connection

The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

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Hostile adjective · 78% connection

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and…

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Intrench verb · 78% connection

To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

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