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A ruche, or ruches collectively.

Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians. "The vilest ruffianage." Sir F. Palgrave.

The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively. It was supposed he felt no call to anu expedition that might sainthood. Sir W. Scott.

and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

Collectively, the people of Scotland.

The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. Carlyle.

tually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.]

Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. Milton.

Servants, collectively. [Obs.]

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

A system of props; props, collectively.

A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.

The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.

A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.

Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.

Slats, collectively.

Snobs, collectively. [Hybrid & Recent] C. Kingsley.