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Definition of proa

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Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..

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Exprobratory :: Exprobratory (a.) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.

Effeminacy :: Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men..

Revilement :: Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse..

Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..

Coming :: Coming (a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition..

Stigmatose :: Stigmatize (v. t.) To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.

Subtriple :: Subtrihedral (a.) Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth..

Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army..

Outsentry :: Outsentry (n.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

Nigrescent :: Nigrescent (a.) Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision..

Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..

Imputation :: Imputation () Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

Reapproach :: Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To approach again or anew.

Accostable :: Accostable (a.) Approachable; affable.

Fricative :: Fricative (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc..

Board :: Board (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo..

Incomparable :: Incomparable (a.) Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners..

Reproach :: Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..