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Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord..

Damaskin :: Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.

In Commendam :: In commendam () See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership..

Puttyroot :: Puttyroot (n.) An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve..

Skaddle :: Skaddle (n.) Hurt; damage.

Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe..

Humid :: Humid (a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor..

Preadamite :: Preadamite (n.) One who holds that men existed before Adam.

Macadamizing :: Macadamizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macadamiz.

Damnable :: Damnable (a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature..

Key :: Key (n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote..

Damascene :: Damascene (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t..

Hake''s-dame :: Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.

Aam :: Aam (n.) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4..

Neodamode :: Neodamode (n.) In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service..

Queensland Nut :: Queensland nut () The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia..

Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

Preadamite :: Preadamite (n.) An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.

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