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Wind-break :: Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

Forenenst :: Forenenst (prep.) Over against; opposite to.

Laveer :: Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.

Poy :: Poy (n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

Trip :: Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail..

Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Upstream :: Upstream (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..

Three-handed :: Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards..

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action..

Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..

Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..

Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..

Disadvise :: Disadvise (v. t.) To advise against; to dissuade from.

Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..

Taxable :: Taxable (a.) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs..

Anticonvulsive :: Anticonvulsive (a.) Good against convulsions.

Foot Pound :: Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot..

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