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Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Catastrophist :: Catastrophist (n.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

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

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

High-churchman :: High-churchman (n.) One who holds high-church principles.

Pessimize :: Pessimize (v. i.) To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism.

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..

Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..

Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..

Symbolize :: Symbolize (v. i.) To hold the same faith; to agree.

Family :: Family (v. t.) The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders..

Shovelful :: Shovelful (n.) As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel..

Travertine :: Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome..

Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant..

Dignitary :: Dignitary (n.) One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman..

Particularist :: Particularist (n.) One who holds to particularism.

Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

Saturated :: Saturated (a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated..

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