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drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. H. Spencer.

A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.

uction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H. Spencer.

as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.

d originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.

silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.

Brightness. J. Spence.

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

ats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science. H. Spencer.

To make solid or compact. Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. H. Spencer.

rtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required such stripping. Mrs. Gaskell.

e passage from a structureless state to a structured state is itself a vital process. H. Spencer.

addition to the usual or normal tax; specif., in the United Kingdom, an income tax of sixpence for every pound in addition to the normal income tax of one shilling and twopence for every pound, imposed, by the Finance Act of 1909-1910 (c. 8, ss 66, 72), on the amount by which the income of any person exceeds £3,000 w…

Having no tail. H. Spencer.

Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.

An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. Shak.

A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]

A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]

A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents. Homans.

thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.