Definition of allowing

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Allowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allo.

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Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
Four-way :: Four-way (a.) Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve..
Trifallowing :: Trifallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifallo.
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration..
Tallowing :: Tallowing (n.) The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..
Diaphanous :: Diaphanous (a.) Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear..
Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.
Volutation :: Volutation (n.) A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
Fallowing :: Fallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fallo.
Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..
Tallowing :: Tallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tallo.
Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..
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