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Foremast :: Foremast (n.) The mast nearest the bow.

Obvoluted :: Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap..

Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay..

Next :: Next (superl.) Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Tete-de-pont :: Tete-de-pont (n.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead..

Parquet :: Parquet (n.) A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit..

Perihelium :: Perihelium (n.) That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.

Mizzen :: Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc..

Day-coal :: Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar..

Foible :: Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.

Hithermost :: Hithermost (a.) Nearest on this side.

Proximate :: Proximate (a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Aftmost :: Aftmost (a.) Nearest the stern.

Behind :: Behind (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill..

Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence..

Proximal :: Proximal (a.) Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate..

Clear :: Clear (n.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear..

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