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That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and…
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0% interchangeable
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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
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Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
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A ridge.
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15% interchangeable
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A ridge.
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Synonym 2
A ridge.
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68% interchangeable
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Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…
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68% interchangeable
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