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Roughstrings :: Roughstrings (n. pl.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

Geosynclinal :: Geosynclinal (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal..

Initiative :: Initiative (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

Winder :: Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer..

Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

Yawl-rigged :: Yawl-rigged (a.) Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix..

Back :: Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back..

Lope :: Lope (n.) A leap; a long step.

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

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance..

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

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..

Misstep :: Misstep (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.

Rudiment :: Rudiment (n.) Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step..

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..

Rundle :: Rundle (n.) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.

Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..

Degree :: Degree (n.) A step, stair, or staircase..

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