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The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc. →
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The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. →
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A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart. →
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A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. →