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Frog :: Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

Renown :: Renown (v.) Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

Theatine :: Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction..

Achievement :: Achievement (n.) A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat..

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Anacreontic :: Anacreontic (n.) A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult..

Upstart :: Upstart (a.) Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.

Chopine :: Chopine (n.) A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more..

Earthly :: Earthly (a.) Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise..

Wig :: Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.

Hautpas :: Hautpas (n.) A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.

Bepraise :: Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly.

Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Elegit :: Elegit (n.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired..

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