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Emissary :: Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

Permeation :: Permeation (n.) The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance..

Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To wander over or through.

Rough :: Rough (n.) Boisterous weather.

Channel :: Channel (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel..

Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..

Rough :: Rough (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..

Rip :: Rip (n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..

Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..

Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg..

Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..

Thorough Bass :: Thorough bass () The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.

Collie :: Collie (n.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks..

Thoroughpaced :: Thoroughpaced (a.) Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig..

Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..

-ation :: -ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization..

Transmissible :: Transmissible (a.) Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice..

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