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Cone :: Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form..

Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float..

Lloyd''s :: Lloyd's (n.) An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping..

Library :: Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library..

Multitude :: Multitude (n.) A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

Adversaria :: Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes..

Omnium-gatherum :: Omnium-gatherum (n.) A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley.

Statistics :: Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..

Glossary :: Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words..

Pinetum :: Pinetum (n.) A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes..

Divan :: Divan (n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz..

Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (n.) That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

Tentage :: Tentage (n.) A collection of tents; an encampment.

Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..

Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Collection :: Collection (n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

Recollection :: Recollection (n.) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Number :: Number (n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

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