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Punt :: Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc..

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end..

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state..

Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree..

Doctrinaire :: Doctrinaire (n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions..

Polarization :: Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell..

Blackleg :: Blackleg (n.) A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck..

Line :: Line (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode..

Monophyodont :: Monophyodont (a.) Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Mounted :: Mounted (a.) Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem..

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

Set :: Set (n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed..

Well-set :: Well-set (a.) Well put together; having symmetry of parts.

Declamation :: Declamation (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

Compositor :: Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.

Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light..

Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.

Allotment :: Allotment (n.) That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party..

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