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The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line. 3. Hence, any post or

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The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line. 3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8. 4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place. (more info) 1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

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    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • STATUELESS
    Without a statue.
  • STONEBRASH
    A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
  • STATUED
    Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow. "Statued niches." G. Eliot.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • MERELY
    1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift. Syn. -- Solely; simply;
  • SHORT-WITED
    Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
  • STONEROOT
    A North American plant having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.
  • PILLARED
    Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. "The pillared arches." Sir W. Scott. "Pillared flame." Thomson.
  • ROMANY
    1. A gypsy.
  • ROMANTICAL
    Romantic.
  • ROMANISH
    Pertaining to Romanism.
  • SHORT CIRCUIT
    A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
  • TERMINATE
    1. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics. 2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close. The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • ROMANTICIST
    One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley.
  • WOMANLY
    Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
  • SHORT-HANDED
    Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
  • PRESIDENT
    1. One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically: The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like. The chief executive officer of the government in certain
  • PITCHSTONE
    An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
  • CAPSTONE
    A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • CLINKSTONE
    An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
  • AIRWOMAN
    A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
  • GRINDSTONE
    A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed,
  • RUBSTONE
    A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.
  • MOORSTONE
    A species of English granite, used as a building stone.
  • GRINDLE STONE
    A grindstone.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • PAPILLARY
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
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    Eye agate. See under Eye. (more info) 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid,
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

 

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