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Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..

Wreathen :: Wreathen (Archaic) of Wreath.

Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..

Cavetto :: Cavetto (n.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.

Saddlebow :: Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front..

Diastase :: Diastase (n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar..

Decampment :: Decampment (n.) Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Insearch :: Insearch (v. t.) To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.

Pendant :: Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features..

Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A rank or order of holy beings.

Anarchize :: Anarchize (v. t.) To reduce to anarchy.

Quest :: Quest (n.) To search for; to examine.

Center :: Center (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left..

Architraved :: Architraved (a.) Furnished with an architrave.

Duarchy :: Duarchy (n.) Government by two persons.

Arching :: Arching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arc.

Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid..

Parchedness :: Parchedness (n.) The state of being parched.

Forage :: Forage (v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil..

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