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303 words match “BAIL”

INEQUABLE a.
Unequable. [R.] Bailey.
INJUDICABLE a.
Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSECTATOR n.
A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSPERSE v.
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTERMEATION n.
A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTOLERANCY n.
Intolerance. Bailey.
INTONATE v.
To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTONATION n.
A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
INTROSPECT v.
To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
INVETERATION n.
The act of making inveterate. [R.] Bailey.
JUMP v.
ior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3. -- To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]
JUSTICIABLE a.
Proper to be examined in a court of justice. Bailey.
JUSTIFY v.
To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
KNIGHT n.
night of the post, one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in general. Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence." -- Nash. -- Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives…
LEG n.
. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. -- Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] -- Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. -- Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unl…
MACILENT a.
Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.
MAKE v.
ed or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs Dryden.
MANTO n.
See Manteau. [Obs.] Bailey.
MANUBIAL a.
Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.
MILK n.
in the cellular tissue. -- Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] Bailey. -- Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2. -- Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. -- Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by mac…
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