The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
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One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
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The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
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The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
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The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate z…
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An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church…
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The season of Christmas.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
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of Lend
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The season of Lenten or Lent.
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Same as Nowel.
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The season proper for sowing.
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The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.
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To leap; to bound; to jump.
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The season of spring; springtide.
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One who sums; one who casts up an account.
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The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.
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Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.
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The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
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The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
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Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
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Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…
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To grow or make tough, or tougher.
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
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Any one of the salts the resinic acids.
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Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…
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A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint…
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That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…
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Species; kind.
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A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
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The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.
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The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.
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The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
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The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
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To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…
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To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…
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That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…
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To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
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The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called…
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That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
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(physics) the six kinds of quarks
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To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
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To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.
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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…
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