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Viburnum :: Viburnum (n.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose..

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France..

Elderwort :: Elderwort (n.) Danewort.

Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].

Yielder :: Yielder (n.) One who yields.

Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..

Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..

Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..

Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter elder; a ministe.

Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..

Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..

Elder :: Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.

Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.

Sire :: Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign..

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

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