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Lock :: Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock..

Overpraising :: Overpraising (n.) The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Stumbled :: Stum (v. t.) To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation..

Incantation :: Incantation (n.) The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment..

Culture :: Culture (n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil..

Gin :: Gin (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc..

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel..

Coal Works :: Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal..

Kiteflying :: Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting..

Topping :: Topping (n.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..

Raisin :: Raisin (n.) A grape, or a bunch of grapes..

Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

Commendatory :: Commendatory (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.

Hydraulics :: Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like..

Exorcism :: Exorcism (n.) Conjuration for raising spirits.

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