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Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..

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..

Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.

Sorn :: Sorn (v. i.) To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.

Trustee :: Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor..

Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts..

Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day

Unheard :: Unheard (a.) Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard..

Self-reverence :: Self-reverence (n.) A reverent respect for one's self.

Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..

Parricide :: Parricide (n.) Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor..

Monsel''s Salt :: Monsel's salt () A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman..

Egophony :: Egophony (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion..

Daughter-in-law :: Daughter-in-law (n.) The wife of one's son.

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Commentary :: Commentary (v. i.) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War..

Figulated :: Figulated (a.) Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped.

Self-enjoyment :: Self-enjoyment (n.) Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.

Basque :: Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques..

Stevedore :: Steve (v. t.) To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve..

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