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Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak.

Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.

or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.…

The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular contact.

Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.] He is worthy to be called a niding. Howell.

Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Not concluding.

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

tion from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More.…

The cultivation of orchards.

Waving. [Obs.] Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. Chaucer.

A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house; an outhouse.

That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations. Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected. A. Hamilton.

The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

) A row of palisades set in the ground.

Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

Plaid cloth.

The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.