835
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adjutage |
[.] AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. [.] A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a fountain is to be played. |
978
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advantage |
[.] ADV'ANTAGE, n. [.] 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, interest, or reputation. [.] The enemy had the advantage of elevated ground. [.] 2. Benefit; gain; profit. [.] What advantage will it be to thee? Job 35. [.] There ... |
979
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advantage-ground |
[.] ADV'ANTAGE-GROUND, n. Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior advantages for annoyance or resistance. |
980
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advantageable |
[.] ADV'ANTAGEABLE, a. Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used.] |
981
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advantaged |
[.] ADV'ANTAGED, pp. Benefitted; promoted. |
982
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advantageous |
[.] ADVANTA'GEOUS, a. Being of advantage; furnishing convenience, or opportunity to gain benefit; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position of the troops; trade is advantageous to a nation. |
983
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advantageously |
[.] ADVANTA'GEOUSLY, adv. In an advantageous manner; profitably; usefully; conveniently. |
984
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advantageousness |
[.] ADVANTA'GEOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being advantageous; profitableness; usefulness; convenience. |
985
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advantaging |
[.] ADV'ANTAGING, ppr. Profiting; benefiting. |
1228
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after-eatage |
[.] 'AFTER-EATAGE, n. Part of the increase of the same year. [Local.] |
1491
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ajutage |
[.] AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. [.] A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a fountain is to be played. |
2686
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antagonism |
[.] ANTAG'ONISM, n. Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles. |
2687
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antagonist |
[.] ANTAG'ONIST, n. [Gr. against, and a champion. See Act and Agony.] [.] 1. One who contends with another in combat; used primarily in the Grecian games. An adversary. [.] 2. An opponent in controversy. [.] 3. In anatomy, a muscle which acts in opposition to ... |
2688
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antagonistic |
[.] ANTAGONIS'TIC, a. Opposing in combat; contending against. |
2689
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antagonize |
[.] ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument. |
2690
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antagony |
[.] ANTAG'ONY, n. Contest; opposition [Not used.] |
2805
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anticontagionist |
[.] ANTICONTA'GIONIST, n. One who opposes the doctrine of contagion. |
2806
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anticontagious |
[.] ANTICONTA'GIOUS, a. [and contagious.] Opposing or destroying contagion. |
4177
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atagas |
[.] AT'AGAS, n. The red cock or moor-game. |
4259
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attagen |
[.] AT'TAGEN, n. A beautiful fowl, resembling the pheasant, with a short black bill and a fine crest of yellow feathers, variegated with black and white spots, found in the mountains of Sicily. |
8651
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cartage |
[.] CARTAGE, n. The act of carrying in a cart, or the price paid for carting. |
8802
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catagmatic |
[.] CATAGMATIC, a. That has the quality of consolidating broken parts; promoting the union of fractured bones. |
8803
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catagraph |
[.] CATAGRAPH, n. The first draught o a picture; also, a profile. |
9092
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centage |
[.] CENTAGE, n. Rate by the cent or hundred. |
12272
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contagion |
[.] CONTAGION, n. [L., to touch.] [.] 1. Literally, a touch or touching. Hence, the communication of a disease by contact, or the matter communicated. More generally, that subtil matter which proceeds from a diseased person or body, and communicates the disease to another ... |
12273
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contagious |
[.] CONTAGIOUS, a. [.] 1. Containing or generating contagion; catching; that may be communicated by contact, or by a subtil excreted matter; as a contagious disease. [.] 2. Poisonous; pestilential; containing contagion; as contagious air; contagious clothing. [.] 3. ... |
12274
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contagiousness |
[.] CONTAGIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being contagious. |
12998
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cottage |
[.] COTTAGE, n. [from cot.] A cot; a hut; a small mean habitation. [.] [.] The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds. Zephaniah 2. |
12999
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cottaged |
[.] COTTAGED, a. Set or covered with cottages. |
13000
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cottager |
[.] COTTAGER, n. [.] 1. One who lives in a hut or cottage. [.] 2. In law, one who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own. |
16190
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disadvantage |
[.] DISADVANTAGE, n. [.] 1. That which prevents success, or renders it difficult; a state not favorable to successful operation. The army commenced an attack on the enemy, notwithstanding the disadvantage of its position. [.] 2. Any unfavorable state; a state in which ... |
16191
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disadvantageable |
[.] DISADVANTAGEABLE, a. Not advantageous. [Not in use.] |
16192
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disadvantageous |
... [.] DISADVANTAGEOUS, ... |
16193
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disadvantageously |
[.] DISADVANTAGEOUSLY, adv. In a manner not favorable to success, or to interest, profit or reputation; with loss or inconvenience. |
16194
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disadvantageousnes |
[.] DISADVANTAGEOUSNESS, n. Unfavorableness to success; inconvenience; loss. |
17579
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dotage |
[.] DOTAGE, n. [from dote.] [.] 1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age, childishness of old age; as a venerable man now in his dotage. [.] 2. A doting; excessive fondness. [.] 3. Deliriousness. [See the verb, to dote.] |
19850
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eremitage |
[.] ER'EMITAGE, n. [See Hermitage.] |
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escheatage |
[.] ESCHE'ATAGE, n. The right of succeeding to an escheat. |
22454
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floatage |
[.] FLO'ATAGE, n. Any thing that floats on the water. |
22500
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flotage |
[.] FLO'TAGE, n. That which floats on the sea, or on rivers. [Little used.] |
22944
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forestage |
[.] FOR'ESTAGE, n. An ancient service paid by foresters to the king; also, the right of foresters. |
23277
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fraughtage |
[.] FRAUGHT'AGE, n. Loading; cargo. [Not used.] |
23532
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fruitage |
[.] FRUITAGE, n. Fruit collectively; various fruits. |
26508
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heptagon |
[.] HEP'TAGON, n. [Gr. seven, and an angle.] [.] In geometry, a figure consisting of seven sides and as many angles. [.] In fortification, a place that has seven bastions for defense. |
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heptagonal |
[.] HEPTAG'ONAL, a. Having seven angles or sides. Heptagonal numbers, in arithmetic, a sort of polygonal numbers, wherein the difference of the terms of the corresponding arithmetical progression is 5. One of the properties of these numbers is, that if they are multiplied ... |
26510
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heptagyn |
[.] HEP'TAGYN, n. [Gr. seven, and a female.] In botany, a plant that has seven pistils. |
26511
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heptagynian |
[.] HEPTAGYN'IAN, a. Having seven pistils. |
26595
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heritage |
[.] HER'ITAGE, n. [.] 1. Inheritance; an estate that passes from an ancestor to an heir by descent or course of law; that which is inherited. In Scot's law, it sometimes signifies immovable estate, in distinction from movable. [.] 2. In Scripture, the saints or ... |
26610
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hermitage |
[.] HER'MITAGE, n. The habitation of a hermit; a house or hut with its appendages, in a solidary place, where a hermit dwells. [.] 1. A cell in a recluse place, but annexed to an abbey. [.] 2. A kind of wine. |
27298
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hospitage |
[.] HOS'PITAGE, n. Hospitality. |
27304
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hostage |
[.] HOS'TAGE, n. A person delivered to an enemy or hostile power, as a pledge to secure the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, and on the performance of which the person is to be released. |
30302
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intagliated |
[.] INTAGLIATED, a. intal'yated. [See Intaglio.] [.] Engraved or stamped on. |
30303
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intaglio |
[.] INTAGLIO, n. intal'yo. Literally, a cutting or engraving; hence, any thing engraved, or a precious stone with a head or an inscription engraved on it. |
32017
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lactage |
[.] LAC'TAGE,n. The produce of animals yielding milk. |
32254
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lastage |
[.] L'ASTAGE, n. [See Last, a load.] [.] 1. A duty paid for freight or transportation. [.] [Not used in the United States.] [.] 2. Ballast. [Not used.] [.] 3. The lading of a ship. [Not used.] |
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martagon |
[.] M`ARTAGON, n. A kind of lily. |
34913
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metage |
[.] ME'TAGE, n. [from mete.] Measurement of coal; price of measuring. |
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metagrammatism |
[.] METAGRAM'MATISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and a letter.] [.] Anagrammatism, or metagrammatism, is a transposition of the letters of a name into such a connection as to express some perfect sense applicable to the person named. |
35118
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milkpottage |
[.] MILK'POTTAGE, n. A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour. |
35251
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mintage |
[.] MINT'AGE, n. That which is coined or stamped. [.] 1. The duty paid for coining. |
36593
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mystagogue |
[.] MYSTAGOGUE, n. mys'tagog. [Gr. one initiated in mysteries, and a leader.] [.] 1. One who interprets mysteries. [.] 2. One that keeps church relics and shows them to strangers. |
37272
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non-contagious |
[.] NON-CONTAGIOUS, a. Not contagious. |
37273
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non-contagiousness |
[.] NON-CONTAGIOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy body. |
37845
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octagon |
[.] OC'TAGON, n. [Gr. eight and angle.] [.] 1. In geometry, a figure of eight sides and eight angles. When the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular octagon which may be inscribed in a circle. [.] 2. In fortification, a place with eight bastions. |
37846
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octagonal |
[.] OCTAG'ONAL, a. Having eight sides and eight angles. |
39543
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parentage |
[.] PAR'ENTAGE, n. Extraction; birth; condition with respect to the rank of parents; as a man of mean parentage; a gentleman of noble parentage. |
39623
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partage |
[.] P`ARTAGE, n. Division; severance; the act of dividing or sharing; a French word. [Little used.] |
40156
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pentagon |
[.] PEN'TAGON, n. [Gr. five, and a corner.] [.] 1. In geometry, a figure of five sides and five angles. [.] 2. In fortification, a fort with five bastions. |
40157
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pentagonal |
[.] PENTAG'ONAL |
40158
|
pentagonous |
[.] PENTAG'ONOUS, a. Having five corners or angles. |
40159
|
pentagraph |
[.] PEN'TAGRAPH, n. [Gr. five, and to write.] An instrument for drawing figures in any proportion at pleasure, or for copying or reducing a figure, plan, print, &c. to any desired size. |
40160
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pentagraphic |
[.] PENTAGRAPH'IC |
40161
|
pentagraphical |
[.] PENTAGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a pentagraph; performed by a pentagraph. |
40162
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pentagyn |
[.] PEN'TAGYN, n. [Gr. five, and a female.] In botany, a plant having five pistils. |
40163
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pentagynian |
[.] PENTAGYN'IAN, a. Having five pistils. |
41012
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pilotage |
[.] PI'LOTAGE, n. The compensation made or allowed to one who directs the course of a ship. [.] 1. The pilot's skill or knowledge of coasts, rocks, bars and channels. [Not now used.] |
41268
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plantage |
[.] PLANT'AGE, n. [L. plantago.] An herb, or herbs in general. [Not in use.] |
41808
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pontage |
[.] PONT'AGE, n. [L. pons, pontis, a bridge.] [.] A duty paid for repairing bridges. |
41916
|
portage |
[.] PORTAGE, n. The act of carrying. [.] 1. The price of carriage. [.] 2. A port-hole. [Unusual.] [.] 3. A carrying place over land between navigable waters. |
42007
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postage |
[.] POSTAGE, n. The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter in a public mail. [.] 1. A portage. [Not used.] |
42062
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potage |
[.] POT'AGE, n. A species of food made of meat boiled to softness in water, usually with some vegetables or sweet herbs. |
42063
|
potager |
[.] POT'AGER, n. [from potage.] A porringer. |
42064
|
potagro |
[.] POTAG'RO |
42093
|
pottage |
[.] POT'TAGE, n. Broth; soup. [See Potage, the more correct orthography.] |
43901
|
putage |
[.] PU'TAGE, n. [See Put, a prostitute.] In law, prostitution or fornication on the part of a female. |
46028
|
rentage |
[.] RENT'AGE, n. Rent. [Not used.] |
46496
|
restagnant |
[.] RESTAG'NANT, a. [L. restagnans.] Stagnant; remaining without a flow or current. [Not much used.] |
46497
|
restagnate |
[.] RESTAG'NATE, v.i. [L. restagno; re and stagno, to stagnate.] [.] To stand or remain without flowing. [.] [This word is superseded by stagnate.] |
46498
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restagnation |
[.] RESTAGNA'TION, n. Stagnation, which see. |
48601
|
scutage |
[.] SCU'TAGE, n. [Law L. scutagium, from scutum, a shield.] In English history, a tax or contributiion levied upon those who held lands by knight service; originally, a composition for personal service which the tenant owed to his lord, but ... |
51877
|
stacking-stage |
[.] STACKING-STAGE, n. A stage used in building stacks. |
51887
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stag |
[.] STAG, n. [This word belongs to the root of stick, stage, stock. The primary sense is to thrust, hence to fix, to stay, &c.] [.] 1. The male red deer; the male of the hind. [.] 2. A colt or filly; also, a romping girl. [Local.] [.] 3. In New England, the male of ... |
51888
|
stag-beetle |
[.] STAG-BEETLE, n. The Lucanus cervus, a species of insect. |
51889
|
stag-evil |
[.] STAG-EVIL, n. A disease in horses. |
51890
|
stag-worm |
[.] STAG-WORM, n. An insect that is troublesome to deer. |
51891
|
stage |
[.] STAGE, n. [G.] Properly, one step or degree of elevation, and what the French call etage, we call a story. Hence, [.] 1. A floor or platform of any kind elevated above the ground or common surface, as for an exhibition of something to pubic view; as a stage for a ... |
51892
|
stage-coach |
[.] STAGE-COACH, n. [stage and coach.] A coach that runs by stages; or a coach that runs regularly every day or on stated days, for the conveyance of passengers. |
51893
|
stage-play |
[.] STAGE-PLAY, n. [stage and play.] Theatrical entertainment. |
51894
|
stage-player |
[.] STAGE-PLAYER, n. An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage. Garrick was a celebrated stage-player. |
51895
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stagely |
[.] STAGELY, a. Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater. [Little used.] |
51896
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stager |
[.] STAGER, n. [.] 1. A player. [Little used.] [.] 2. One that has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of cunning; as an old cunning stager; an experienced stager; a stager of the wiser sort. [.] [.] [I do not recollect to have ever heard this ... |
51897
|
stagery |
[.] STAGERY, n. Exhibition on the stage. [Not in use.] |
51898
|
staggard |
[.] STAGGARD, n. [from stag.] A stag of four years of age. |
51899
|
stagger |
[.] STAGGER, v.t. [.] 1. To reel; to vacillate; to move to one side and the other in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness. [.] [.] Deep was the wound; he staggerd with the blow. [.] 2. To fail; to cease to stand firm; to begin to give way. [.] [.] The ... |
51900
|
stagger-wort |
[.] STAGGER-WORT, n. A plant, ragwort. |
51901
|
staggered |
[.] STAGGERED, pp. Made to reel; made to doubt and waver. |
51902
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staggering |
[.] STAGGERING, ppr. Causing to reel, to waver or to doubt. [.] STAGGERING, n. [.] 1. The act of reeling. [.] 2. The cause of staggering. |
51903
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staggeringly |
[.] STAGGERINGLY, adv. [.] 1. In a reeling manner. [.] 2. With hesitation or doubt. |
51904
|
staggers |
[.] STAGGERS, n. plu. [.] 1. A disease of horses and cattle, attended with reeling or giddiness; also, a disease of sheep, which inclines them to turn about suddenly. [.] 2. Madness; wild irregular conduct. [Not in use.] |
51905
|
stagnancy |
[.] STAGNANCY, n. [See Stagnant.] The state of being without motion, flow or circulation, as in a fluid. |
51906
|
stagnant |
[.] STAGNANT, a. [L., to be without, a flowing motion.] [.] 1. Not flowing; not running in a current or stream; as a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. [.] 2. Motionless; still; not agitated; as water quiet and stagnant. [.] [.] The gloomy slumber ... |
51907
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stagnate |
[.] STAGNATE, v.i. [L.] [.] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; air stagnates in a close room. [.] 2. To cease to move; not to be agitated. Water that stagnates in a pond or reservoir, soon becomes foul. [.] 3. To ... |
51908
|
stagnation |
[.] STAGNATION, n. [.] 1. The cessation of flowing or circulation of a fluid; or the state of being without flow or circulation; the state of being motionless; as the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors. [.] 2. The cessation ... |
51909
|
stagyrite |
[.] STAGYRITE, n. An appellation given to Aristotle from the place of his birth. |
52599
|
stratagem |
[.] STRATAGEM, n. [L., Gr., to lead an army.] [.] 1. An artifice, particularly in war; a plan or scheme for deceiving an enemy. [.] 2. An artifice; a trick by which some advantage is intended to be obtained. [.] [.] Those oft are stratagems which errors seem. |
54286
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tag |
[.] TAG, n. [L. digitus.] [.] 1. A metallic point put to the end of a string. [.] 2. Something mean and paltry; as tag-rag people. [Vulgar.] [.] 3. A young sheep. [Local.] [.] TAG, v.t. To fit with a point; as, to tag lace. [.] 1. To fit one thing to another; ... |
54287
|
tag-sore |
[.] TAG-SORE, n. A disease in sheep. |
54288
|
tag-tail |
[.] TAG-TAIL, n. [tag and tail.] A worm which has its tail of another color. |
54766
|
tentage |
[.] TENT'AGE, n. An encampment. [Unusual.] |
60338
|
vantage |
[.] V'ANTAGE, n. [L. venio. See Advantage and Van.] [.] |
60339
|
vantage-ground |
[.] V'ANTAGE-GROUND, n. Superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another. |
60417
|
vaultage |
[.] VAULT'AGE, n. Vaulted work; an arched cellar. [Not in use.] |
60546
|
ventage |
[.] VENT'AGE, n. A small hole. [Not in use.] |
60907
|
vintage |
[.] VINT'AGE, n. [L. vindemia.] [.] 1. The produce of the vine for the season. The vintage is abundant. [.] 2. The time of gathering the crop of grapes. [.] 3. The wine produced by the crop of grapes in one season. |
60908
|
vintager |
[.] VINT'AGER, n. One that gathers the vintage. |
61223
|
waftage |
[.] WAFTAGE, n. Conveyance or transportation through a bouyant medium, as air or water. [Not in use.] |
61347
|
wantage |
[.] WANTAGE, n. Deficiency; that which is wanting. |
61762
|
weftage |
[.] WEFTAGE, n. Texture. [Not used.] |
