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A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
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A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. →
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The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement. →
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The directions and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural. →
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In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist. →