Retire

v. i.

To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.

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Hand

n.

Side; part; direction, either right or left.

Xylidic

a.

Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct acids which are derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and are metameric with uvitic acid.

Regional

a.

Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.

Fissiparous

a.

Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.

Rate

n.

A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.

Hunt

v. t.

To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

Watch

v. t.

To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Karob

n.

The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.

Gasconader

n.

A great boaster; a blusterer.

Affront

v. t.

To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.

Sannop

n.

Same as Sannup.

Retrench

v. t.

To confine; to limit; to restrict.