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Infelt :: Infelt (a.) Felt inwardly; heartfelt.

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians..

Impulse :: Impulse (n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately..

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke..

Capacity :: Capacity (n.) Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

Upwards :: Upwards (adv.) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward..

Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly..

Purposer :: Purposer (n.) One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.

Outwards :: Outwards (adv.) See Outward, adv..

Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..

Procession :: Procession (n.) That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession..

Acclivous :: Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Mote :: Mote (n.) A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London..

Firewarden :: Firewarden (n.) An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward..

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

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