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Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian..

Dornock :: Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland..

Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side..

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line..

Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine..

Freight :: Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope..

Align :: Align (v. t.) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..

Liquescent :: Liquescent (a.) Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.

Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal..

Airing :: Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room..

Persuasion :: Persuasion (n.) The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination..

Mauveine :: Mauveine (n.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms..

Inimicality :: Inimicality (n.) The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.

Brackish :: Brackish (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil..

Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..

Collimation :: Collimation (n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument..

Linne :: Linne (n.) Flax. See Linen.

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