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Harlot :: Harlot (n.) A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.

Burse :: Burse (n.) A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries..

Hard-tack :: Hard-tack (n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

Horizon :: Horizon (n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.

Parol :: Parol (a.) Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence..

Organogen :: Organogen (n.) A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation..

Domination :: Domination (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid..

Detur :: Detur (n.) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..

Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel..

Mat :: Mat (n.) A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal..

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels.

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..

Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..

Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..

Locofoco :: Locofoco (n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.

Sack :: Sack (n.) A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.

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