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Accessible :: Accessible (a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person..

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.

Townward :: Townward (adv.) Alt. of Townward.

Upland :: Upland (a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished..

Move :: Move (v. i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another..

Bawl :: Bawl (v. t.) To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does..

Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.

Market :: Market (n.) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.

Pensionary :: Pensionary (n.) One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.

Road :: Road (n.) A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another..

Storm :: Storm (v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town..

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..

Autonomasy :: Autonomasy (n.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, He has gone to town, for, He has gone to London..

Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..

Capital :: Capital (n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

Emporium :: Emporium (n.) A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country..

Contribution :: Contribution (n.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.

This :: This (pron. & a.) As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town..

Deme :: Deme (n.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township..

Philister :: Philister (n.) A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

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