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Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata..

Compressor :: Compressor (n.) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.

Cupellation :: Cupellation (n.) The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel..

Scaphism :: Scaphism (n.) An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died..

Coop :: Coop (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry..

Cupel :: Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)..

Law :: Law (n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community..

Elaboration :: Elaboration (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

Stanchless :: Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.

Predesignate :: Predesignate (a.) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated..

Testing :: Testing (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation..

Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..

Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Fining :: Fining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fin.

Tossing :: Tossing (n.) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Treacle :: Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..

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