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Abstention :: Abstention (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..

Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.

Resentment :: Resentment (n.) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression..

Kranging Hook :: Kranging hook () A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.

Incapability :: Incapability (n.) Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office..

Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it..

Vise :: Vise (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing..

Urinal :: Urinal (n.) A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection..

Loyal :: Loyal (a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.

Noncombatant :: Noncombatant (n.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy..

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..

Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.

Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..

Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself..

Chattelism :: Chattelism (n.) The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

Monogamous :: Monogamous (a.) Upholding, or practicing, monogamy..

Parcenary :: Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc..

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