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Thud :: Thud (n.) A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth..

Backset :: Backset (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring..

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there..

Shug :: Shug (v. i.) To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch..

Excommunication :: Excommunication (n.) The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual..

Reconvertible :: Reconvertible (a.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.

Reafforestation :: Reafforestation (n.) The act or process of converting again into a forest.

Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

Recruit :: Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.

Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way..

Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.

Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.

Clearing :: Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts..

Complaint :: Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..

Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Mala :: Mala (n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

Reprise :: Reprise (v. t.) To take again; to retake.

Dehortation :: Dehortation (n.) Dissuasion; advice against something.

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