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Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..

Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..

Open :: Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open..

Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

Almanac :: Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc..

Metemptosis :: Metemptosis (n.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years..

Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony..

Deaconess :: Deaconess (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.

Proposition :: Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

Quintette :: Quintette (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music..

Elect :: Elect (n.) One chosen or set apart.

Setous :: Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit..

Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs..

Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..

Crevet :: Crevet (n.) A crucible or melting pot; a cruset.

Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..

Footfall :: Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

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