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Tandem :: Tandem (adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Spondee :: Spondaical (a.) Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot..

Curiologic :: Curiologic (a.) Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol..

Four-poster :: Four-poster (n.) A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.

Modus :: Modus (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi..

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Resolute :: Resolute (v. t. & i.) Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady..

Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Positive :: Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture..

Sapindus :: Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces..

Rattle-headed :: Rattle-headed (a.) Noisy; giddy; unsteady.

Vang :: Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it..

Fluctuation :: Fluctuation (n.) A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices..

Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

Bedstock :: Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.

Pronoun :: Pronoun (n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they..

Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

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