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Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

Milepost :: Milepost (n.) A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place..

Distance :: Distance (n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

Distancy :: Distancy (n.) Distance.

Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.

Sprinter :: Sprint (n.) The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.

Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects..

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem..

March :: March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Rise :: Rise (n.) The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step..

Farness :: Farness (a.) The state of being far off; distance; remoteness.

Sextile :: Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.

Sun :: Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000..

Outground :: Outground (n.) Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.

Coss :: Coss (n.) A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles..

Apomecometry :: Apomecometry (n.) The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.

Telepathy :: Telepathy (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation..

Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

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