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Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..

Underlie :: Underlie (v. t.) To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory..

Foundationer :: Foundationer (n.) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.

Underpinning :: Underpinning (n.) The foundation, esp. of a frame house..

Superstructure :: Superstructure (n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basi.

Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school..

Polity :: Polity (n.) Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution.

Footing :: Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Commoner :: Commoner (n.) A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner..

Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position..

Grounding :: Grounding (n.) The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis..

Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly..

Substylar :: Substructure (n.) An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.

Underskirt :: Underskirt (n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.

Build :: Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..

Bed :: Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine..

Dominican :: Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..

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