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Poll :: Poll (n.) The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll..

Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume..

Compact :: Compact (v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

Squat :: Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground..

Paraxanthin :: Paraxanthin (n.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine..

Foreclose :: Foreclose (v. t.) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

Close :: Close (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

Synastry :: Synarthrosis (n.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1..

Albuminin :: Albuminin (n.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing..

Oak :: Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Afric

Compacture :: Compacture (n.) Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.

Aeolipyle :: Aeolipyle (n.) An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve..

Locker :: Locker (n.) A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock..

Noose :: Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn..

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