Obeisancy

n.

See Obeisance.

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Glacier

n.

An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.

Vase

n.

The calyx of a plant.

East

a.

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.

Rubbage

n.

Rubbish.

Greaten

v. t.

To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.

Waited

imp. & p. p.

of Wait

Radian

n.

An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.

Fetter

n.

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

Growan

n.

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Hyp

n.

An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

Tabret

n.

A taboret.

Reformation

n.

Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.