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Scale :: Scale (n.) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..

Martyr :: Martyr (n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr..

Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc..

Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..

Measured :: Measured (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms..

Rise :: Rise (n.) The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step..

Protomartyr :: Protomartyr (n.) The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr..

Stepbrother :: Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc..

Strident :: Stride (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride..

Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..

Begin :: Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start..

Gradient :: Gradient (a.) Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata..

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step..

Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..

Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..

Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..

Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..

Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground..

Flight :: Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.

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