Acknowledge

v. t.

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.

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Lift

v. t.

To bear; to support.

Haliotis

n.

A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.

Caen stone

A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.

Wad

n.

A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.

Hende

a.

Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.

Alchymy

n.

See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.

Retitelae

n. pl.

A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.

Rhinological

a.

Of or pertaining to rhinology.

Jumble

n.

A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Fret

v. t.

To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

Holophrastic

a.

Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Nitre

n.

Native sodium carbonate; natron.