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Muharram :: Muharram (n.) A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.

Origination :: Origination (n.) The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

Fore :: Fore (adv.) In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc..

Alias :: Alias (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

A :: A () The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G..

Huttonian :: Huttonian (a.) Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version..

Vase :: Vase (n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche..

Colostrum :: Colostrum (n.) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.

Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention..

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..

Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

Te Deum :: Te Deum () An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words Te Deum laudamus. It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, We praise thee, O God, it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America..

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

Dayspring :: Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning..

Curacoa :: Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao..

Neurula :: Neurula (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan..

Paracrostic :: Paracrostic (n.) A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem..

Head :: Head (a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook..

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