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PICKPACK adv.
Pickaback.
PRESSPACK v.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
QUARTERPACE n.
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
RAMPACIOUS a.
High-spirited; rampageous. [Slang] Dickens.
RAPACES n.
Same as Accipitres.
RAPACIOUS a. 3 definitions
r; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley.
RAPACITY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
RECAPACITATE v.
To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury.
RECOMPACT v.
To compact or join anew. "Recompact my scattered body." Donne.
REPACE v.
To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.
REPACIFY v.
To pacify again.
REPACK v.
To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.
REPACKER n.
One who repacks.
SCOLOPACINE a.
Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidæ, or Snipe family.
SEMICOMPACT a.
Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
SEMIOPACOUS a.
Semiopaque.
SNAIL-PACED a. 2 definitions
Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.
SNIPPACK n.
The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]
SPACE n. 11 definitions
g which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.
SPACE BAR; SPACE KEY n.
A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.
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