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Easement :: Easement (n.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc..

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

Equanimous :: Equanimous (a.) Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed..

Onstead :: Onstead (n.) A single farmhouse; a steading.

Pore :: Pore (v. i.) To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over..

Couching :: Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through..

Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard..

Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Farmery :: Farmery (n.) The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

Vacillate :: Vacillate (v. t.) To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.

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

Inconstant :: Inconstant (a.) Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship..

Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core..

Blueberry :: Blueberry (n.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..

Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.

Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily.

Backbone :: Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.

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