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148 words match “PENCE”

INEQUITY n.
Want of equity; injustice; wrong. "Some form of inequity." H. Spencer.
INEXECUTION n.
Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. Spence.
INEXPLICABILITY n.
The quality or state of being inexplicable. H. Spencer.
INFERABLE a.
Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible.] H. Spencer. A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. Burke.
INTENSELY adv.
Intently. [Obs.] J. Spencer.
INTERFUSE v.
To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.
KITTEN v.
To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. Shak. H. Spencer.
KNIGHT n.
ost, . . . 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 of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs. -- Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different cla…
KNOCKING n.
s. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.
KNOWLEDGE n.
on's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges. H. Spencer.
LEVANTINE a.
Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer.
LOCALIZE v.
To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
LOCATE v.
ted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
MARC n.
A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
MILITANCY n.
A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer.
MILITARISM n.
The spirit and traditions of military life. H. Spencer.
MUTUALISM n.
of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock.
NICKER n.
One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [Cant] Arbuthnot.
OBJECT v.
to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. He gave to him to object his heinous crime. Spencer. Others object the poverty of the nation. Addison. The book ... giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered. Whitgift.
OBSEQUY n.
s death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Spencer. I will...fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. Milton I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his f…
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