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The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation. Humble deprecation. Milton.

n; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

of turkey. W. Irving. deviled egg a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.

Immediately after; as soon as. Directly he stopped, the coffin was removed. Dickens.

Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.

Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.

m organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.…

The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.

A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. Paley.

amage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed. I. Taylor.

Counterpoise. The equipoise to the clergy being removed. Buckle.

Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. Milton.

s remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.

The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. -- Golden fleece. See under Golden.

holds that in good time, without warlike intervention, the oppressive white rule will be removed by the higher powers. The religion spread through a majority of the western tribes of the United States, only in the case of the Sioux, owing to local causes, leading to an outbreak.

That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.

enaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. Buckle.