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Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity..

Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..

Imminent :: Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.

Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune..

Unsafety :: Unsafety (n.) The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity.

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Perilymph :: Perilymph (n.) The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies..

Peril :: Peril (n.) Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction..

Slipperily :: Slipperily (adv.) In a slippery manner.

Periclitation :: Periclitation (n.) The state of being in peril.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority..

Imperiling :: Imperiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperi.

Imperil :: Imperil (v. t.) To bring into peril; to endanger.

Perlous :: Perlous (a.) Perilous.

Perilymphatic :: Perilymphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph..

Salvage :: Salvage (n.) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.

Peril :: Peril (v. t.) To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life..

Risk :: Risk (n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication..

Periling :: Periling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peri.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises..

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