Definition of on

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On (prep.) At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island..

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Bear :: Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person..
Division :: Division (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend..
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document..
Serpent-tongued :: Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..
Concupiscible :: Concupiscible (a.) Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires..
Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..
Joke :: "Joke (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade..
Sightly :: Sightly (a.) Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place..
Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill..
Avoucher :: Avoucher (n.) One who avouches.
Fructidor :: Fructidor (n.) The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire..
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..
Proto- :: Proto- () Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc..
Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (n.) A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer..
Part :: Part (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
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