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Allowance :: Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..

Outfit :: Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad..

Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Ration :: Ration (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment..

Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..

Settler :: Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle..

Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

Bouch :: Bouch (n.) An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.

Gallow :: Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t..

Allotment :: Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc..

Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..

Kern :: Kern (n.) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt..

Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning..

Greaves :: Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

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