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Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Imparting knowledge or information.

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Imparting knowledge or information.

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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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See Alarm.

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Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.

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A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…

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The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by Willia…

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The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

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A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

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of Hoard

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One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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Alt. of Negativity

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The quality or state of being negative.

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The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a p…

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The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills,…

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A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.

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More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.

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That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

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The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.

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Positiveness.

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A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.

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of Post

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Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed…

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Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

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The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

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of Record

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The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

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A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.

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To leap; to jump.

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A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

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Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

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To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a s…

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of Whistle

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That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

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To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attes…

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Same as Indorse.

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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

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To cover the back of; to load or burden.

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Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.

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

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To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Marked with red.

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A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.

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To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument.

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To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a s…

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To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.

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Alt. of Clue

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A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

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To share in common; to participate in.

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The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

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To inclose; to infold.

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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.

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To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.

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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

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See Here, pron.

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To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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of Lie, to recline.

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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The quality or state of being opposite.

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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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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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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A pit.

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One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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of Set

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.

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To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

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The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Alt. of Indorsor

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Alt. of Indorsor

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The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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Relating to a seal; used in sealing.

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Relating to a seal; used in sealing.

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A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.

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A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.

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One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.

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One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.

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To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…

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To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…

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of Sign

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of Sign

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Same as Indorse.

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To cover the back of; to load or burden.

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Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

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of Sign

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An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, wh…

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The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Prognostic; previous omen.

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Relating to gesture.

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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts o…

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To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servan…

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A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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of Signal

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To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

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of Signal

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A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.

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of Sign

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To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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