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Obediently; submissively.

Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.

Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.

A superficial covering; a coating.

Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.

Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.

a. & vb. n. of Play. Playing cards. See under Card.

a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. -- Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition…

With supplication to God.

Inspecting closely or impertinently.

In a prying manner.

An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body.

In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.

So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.

aration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. Milton.

Applying to or by one's self.

Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.

Giving satisfaction to one's self.

A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.