Hegemony

n.

Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.

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Range

v.

A bolting sieve to sift meal.

Globosely

adv.

In a globular manner; globularly.

Macilent

a.

Lean; thin.

Academy

n.

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.

Hairworm

A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

Redraft

n.

A second draft or copy.

Backboard

n.

A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

Underrate

v. t.

To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue.

Aloe

n.

The wood of the agalloch.

Jack

n.

A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.

Goeland

n.

A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

Rebutted

imp. & p. p.

of Rebut