Definition of delivery

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Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..

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Parturition :: Parturition (n.) The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth..
Gestation :: Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..
Time :: Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition..
Bear :: Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular..
Spotted :: Spot (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery..
Accouchement :: Accouchement (n.) Delivery in childbe.
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery..
Send :: Send (v. t.) To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message..
Address :: Address (v. t.) Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Cephalotripsy :: Cephalotripsy (n.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters..
Surrenderee :: Surrender (n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students..
Afterbirth :: Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery..
Redelivery :: Redelivery (n.) Act of delivering back.
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