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Compendium :: Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary..

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..

Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..

Paludamentum :: Paludamentum (n.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Portfire :: Portfire (n.) A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells..

Treadmill :: Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt..

Main :: Main (a.) Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc..

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Ashtoreth :: Ashtoreth (n.) The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity..

Up-line :: Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.

Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb..

Corrasion :: Corrasion (n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water..

Subordinated :: Subordinate (n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

Principality :: Principality (n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty.

Chiefly :: Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with

Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.

Incident :: Incident (n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal..

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