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Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep , a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South

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Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep , a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.

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    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
  • BREVIARY
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    See SOOTHSAY
  • PASTURER
    One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.
  • CALLE
    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • SOUTHWESTERLY
    To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
  • HILLSIDE
    The side or declivity of a hill.
  • RANGEMENT
    Arrangement. Waterland.
  • ACCOUNTANTSHIP
    The office or employment of an accountant.
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    Capable of being broken.
  • BREADEN
    Made of bread.
  • VALUABLENESS
    The quality of being valuable.
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    Southerliness.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • ACCOUNTANCY
    The art or employment of an accountant.
  • SOUTHREN
    Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
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    The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. Shak.
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    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
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    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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    In a gymnastic manner.
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    Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
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    In a hypercritical manner.
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    A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.
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    extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
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    A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
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    One who deranges.

 

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