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Tablespoonful

As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.

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Tablespoon 92% connected

A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.

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As noun · 78% connection

A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic…

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Centilitre noun · 78% connection

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one…

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Declination noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or betw…

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Derringer noun · 78% connection

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

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Dram v. i. & t. · 78% connection

To drink drams; to ply with drams.

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Dramming noun · 78% connection

The practice of drinking drams.

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Draughtsman noun · 78% connection

One who drinks drams; a tippler.

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Flood verb · 78% connection

To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to ex…

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Fluidounce noun · 78% connection

See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Half adverb · 78% connection

In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half p…

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Hemihedral adjective · 78% connection

Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as wh…

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Millilitre noun · 78% connection

A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061…

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Murnival noun · 78% connection

In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything.

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Navigable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

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Occupy verb · 78% connection

To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.

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Pennyweight noun · 78% connection

A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was ancien…

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Plateful noun · 78% connection

Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

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