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PRIVATEERSMAN n.
An officer or seaman of a privateer.
PROBATIONERSHIP n.
The state of being a probationer; novitiate. Locke.
PURSERSHIP n.
The office of purser. Totten.
QUAQUAVERSAL a. 2 definitions
Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
QUARTERSTAFF n.
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
RANGERSHIP n.
The office of the keeper of a forest or park. [Eng.]
READERSHIP n.
The office of reader. Lyell.
RECEIVERSHIP n.
The state or office of a receiver.
RECONVERSION n.
A second conversion.
RECORDERSHIP n.
The office of a recorder.
REGISTERSHIP n.
The office of a register.
RENVERSE v.
To reverse. [Obs.] Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser.
RENVERSE; RENVERSE a.
Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
RENVERSEMENT n.
A reversing. [Obs.]
RESPERSE v.
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
RESPERSION n.
The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]
RETROVERSION n.
ward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
REVERS n.
A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.
REVERSAL a. 3 definitions
Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
REVERSE a. 17 definitions
having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." Gower.
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