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   tall oat grass
         n 1: coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on
               roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows;
               introduced in North America for forage [syn: {tall oat
               grass}, {tall meadow grass}, {evergreen grass}, {false
               oat}, {French rye}, {Arrhenatherum elatius}]

English Dictionary: Tilletia caries by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tilletia caries
n
  1. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
    Synonym(s): bunt, Tilletia caries
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tilletiaceae
n
  1. a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
    Synonym(s): Tilletiaceae, family Tilletiaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toilet kit
n
  1. a kit for carrying toilet articles while traveling [syn: toilet kit, travel kit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toilet seat
n
  1. the hinged seat on a toilet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toilet soap
n
  1. soap used as a toiletry [syn: toilet soap, face soap, bath soap]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toilet tissue
n
  1. a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets [syn: toilet tissue, toilet paper, bathroom tissue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toll taker
n
  1. someone employed to collect tolls [syn: tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker, toll agent, toller]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Toltec
n
  1. a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation,
      production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to
      cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or
      flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the
      genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}.
      The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or
      blue speculum on the wings.
  
      Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the
               European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A.
               querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species.
               In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the
               green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon
               teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as
               game birds. See {Garganey}.
  
      {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}.
  
      {Teal duck}, the common European teal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Telautogram \Tel*au"to*gram\, n.
      A message transmitted and recorded by a teleautograph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Telautograph \Tel*au"to*graph\, n. [Gr. th^le far + autograph.]
      A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures,
      maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are
      communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which
      variations in current are produced in two separate circuits.
      In the receiver these variations are utilized by
      electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the
      pencil moves. -- {Tel`au*tog"ra*phist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Telautograph \Tel*au"to*graph\, n. [Gr. th^le far + autograph.]
      A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures,
      maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are
      communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which
      variations in current are produced in two separate circuits.
      In the receiver these variations are utilized by
      electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the
      pencil moves. -- {Tel`au*tog"ra*phist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teleutospore \Te*leu"to*spore\, n. [Gr. [?] completion + E.
      spore.] (Bot.)
      The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order
      {Uredinales}), produced in late summer. See Illust. of
      {Uredospore}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holiday \Hol"i*day\, n. [Holy + day.]
      1. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart
            in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some
            event. See {Holyday}.
  
      2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and
            gayety; a festival day.
  
                     And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine
                     holiday.                                             --Milton.
  
      3. (Law) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a
            legal holiday.
  
      Note: In the United States legal holidays, so called, are
               determined by law, commonly by the statutes of the
               several States. The holidays most generally observed
               are: the 22d day of February (Washington's birthday),
               the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the 4th day of July
               (Independence day), the 25th day of December (Christmas
               day). In most of the States the 1st day of January is a
               holiday. When any of these days falls on Sunday,
               usually the Monday following is observed as the
               holiday. In many of the States a day in the spring (as
               Good Friday, or the first Thursday in April), and a day
               in the fall (as the last Thursday in November) are now
               regularly appointed by Executive proclamation to be
               observed, the former as a day of fasting and prayer,
               the latter as a day of thanksgiving and are kept as
               holidays. In England, the days of the greater church
               feasts (designated in the calendar by a red letter, and
               commonly called red-letter days) are observed as
               general holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by
               act of Parliament, banks may suspend business. Although
               Sunday is a holiday in the sense of a day when business
               is legally suspended, it is not usually included in the
               general term, the phrase [bd]Sundays and holidays[b8]
               being more common.
  
      {The holidays}, any fixed or usual period for relaxation or
            festivity; especially, Christmas and New Year's day with
            the intervening time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thelytokous \The*lyt"o*kous\ (th[esl]*l[icr]t"[osl]*k[ucr]s), a.
      [Gr. qh^lys female + to`kos a bringing forth.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chapel \Chap"el\, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella,
      orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary,
      sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape,
      cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St.
      Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came
      to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar
      paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called
      capellanus, or chaplain. See {Cap}, and cf. {Chaplain}.,
      {Chaplet}.]
      1. A subordinate place of worship; as,
            (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a
                  memorial;
            (b) a small building attached to a church;
            (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.
  
      Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey
               churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses
               on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt.
  
      2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
            chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
  
      3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
            Established Church; a meetinghouse.
  
      4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
            of a prince or nobleman.
  
      5. (Print.)
            (a) A printing office, said to be so called because
                  printing was first carried on in England in a chapel
                  near Westminster Abbey.
            (b) An association of workmen in a printing office.
  
      {Chapel of ease}.
            (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a
                  accommodation of an increasing parish, or for
                  parishioners who live at a distance from the principal
                  church.
            (b) A privy. (Law)
  
      {Chapel master}, a director of music in a chapel; the
            director of a court or orchestra.
  
      {To build a chapel} (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See {Chapel},
            v. t., 2.
  
      {To hold a chapel}, to have a meeting of the men employed in
            a printing office, for the purpose of considering
            questions affecting their interests.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hold \Hold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing,
      though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden,
      OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[86]lla, Goth.
      haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf.
      {Avast}, {Halt}, {Hod}.]
      1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or
            relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent
            from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep
            in the grasp; to retain.
  
                     The loops held one curtain to another. --Ex. xxxvi.
                                                                              12.
  
                     Thy right hand shall hold me.            --Ps. cxxxix.
                                                                              10.
  
                     They all hold swords, being expert in war. --Cant.
                                                                              iii. 8.
  
                     In vain he seeks, that having can not hold.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . .
                     . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in
                     peace that hand which thou dost hold. --Shak.
  
      2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or
            authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to
            defend.
  
                     We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or
                     empire.                                             --Milton.
  
      3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to
            derive title to; as, to hold office.
  
                     This noble merchant held a noble house. --Chaucer.
  
                     Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute.
                                                                              --Knolles.
  
                     And now the strand, and now the plain, they held.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to
            bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
  
                     We can not hold mortality's strong hand. --Shak.
  
                     Death! what do'st? O,hold thy blow.   --Grashaw.
  
                     He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to
                     hold his tongue.                                 --Macaulay.
  
      5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute,
            as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to
            sustain.
  
                     Hold not thy peace, and be not still. --Ps. lxxxiii.
                                                                              1.
  
                     Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall
                     hold their course.                              --Milton.
  
      6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which
            is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a
            festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring
            about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the
            general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a
            clergyman holds a service.
  
                     I would hold more talk with thee.      --Shak.
  
      7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this
            pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain;
            to have capacity or containing power for.
  
                     Broken cisterns that can hold no water. --Jer. ii.
                                                                              13.
  
                     One sees more devils than vast hell can hold.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or
            privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to
            sustain.
  
                     Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have
                     been taught.                                       --2 Thes.
                                                                              ii.15.
  
                     But still he held his purpose to depart. --Dryden.
  
      9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think;
            to judge.
  
                     I hold him but a fool.                        --Shak.
  
                     I shall never hold that man my friend. --Shak.
  
                     The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his
                     name in vain.                                    --Ex. xx. 7.
  
      10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he
            holds his head high.
  
                     Let him hold his fingers thus.         --Shak.
  
      {To hold a wager}, to lay or hazard a wager. --Swift.
  
      {To hold forth}, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put
            forward. [bd]The propositions which books hold forth and
            pretend to teach.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To held in}, to restrain; to curd.
  
      {To hold in hand}, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to
            have in one's power. [Obs.]
  
                     O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And
                     hold a lady in hand.                           --Beaw. & Fl.
  
      {To hold in play}, to keep under control; to dally with.
            --Macaulay.
  
      {To hold off}, to keep at a distance.
  
      {To hold on}, to hold in being, continuance or position; as,
            to hold a rider on.
  
      {To hold one's day}, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {To hold one's own}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Good \Good\, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words,
      though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
      from a different root.] [AS. G[omac]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
      g[omac]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[omac][edh]r, Sw. & Dan.
      god, Goth. g[omac]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging
      together, and akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. {Gather}.]
      1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
            designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
            serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
            commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
            or troublesome, etc.
  
                     And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
                     it was very good.                              --Gen. i. 31.
  
                     Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
  
      2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
            religious; -- said of persons or actions.
  
                     In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
                     works.                                                --Tit. ii. 7.
  
      3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
            propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
            to or toward, also formerly by unto.
  
                     The men were very good unto us.         --1 Sam. xxv.
                                                                              15.
  
      4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
            relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
  
                     All quality that is good for anything is founded
                     originally in merit.                           --Collier.
  
      5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
            especially by at.
  
                     He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Those are generally good at flattering who are good
                     for nothing else.                              --South.
  
      6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
            valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
            discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
            ability; of unimpaired credit.
  
                     My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
  
                     My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
                     he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
            in good sooth.
  
                     Love no man in good earnest.               --Shak.
  
      8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
            esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
            degree, a good share or part, etc.
  
      9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
  
                     Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
                     running over.                                    --Luke vi. 38.
  
      10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
            as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
            repute, etc.
  
                     A good name is better than precious ointment.
                                                                              --Eccl. vii.
                                                                              1.
  
      {As good as}. See under {As}.
  
      {For good}, [or] {For good and all}, completely and finally;
            fully; truly.
  
                     The good woman never died after this, till she came
                     to die for good and all.                     --L'Estrange.
  
      {Good breeding}, polite or polished manners, formed by
            education; a polite education.
  
                     Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      {Good cheap}, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
  
      {Good consideration} (Law).
            (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
                  affection. --Blackstone.
            (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
                  contract.
  
      {Good fellow}, a person of companionable qualities.
            [Familiar]
  
      {Good folk}, {or Good people}, fairies; brownies; pixies,
            etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
  
      {Good for nothing}.
            (a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
            (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
  
                           My father always said I was born to be a good
                           for nothing.                              --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Good Friday}, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
            as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
            suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
  
      {Good humor}, [or] {Good-humor}, a cheerful or pleasant
            temper or state of mind.
  
      {Good nature}, [or] {Good-nature}, habitual kindness or
            mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
            being in good humor.
  
                     The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
                     character.                                          --Macaulay.
  
                     The young count's good nature and easy
                     persuadability were among his best characteristics.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
      {Good people}. See {Good folk} (above).
  
      {Good speed}, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
            form of wishing success. See {Speed}.
  
      {Good turn}, an act of kidness; a favor.
  
      {Good will}.
            (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
            (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
                  tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
                  others, to resort to an established place of
                  business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
                  inclination.
  
                           The good will of a trade is nothing more than
                           the probability that the old customers will
                           resort to the old place.            --Lord Eldon.
  
      {In good time}.
            (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
                  too late.
            (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
  
      {To hold good}, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
            remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
            condition still holds good.
  
      {To make good}, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
            supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
            verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
            clear; to vindicate.
  
                     Each word made good and true.            --Shak.
  
                     Of no power to make his wishes good.   --Shak.
  
                     I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
  
                     Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
  
      {To think good}, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
            to consider expedient or proper.
  
                     If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
                     forbear.                                             --Zech. xi.
                                                                              12.
  
      Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
               greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
               good evening, good morning, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower
                  corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled
                  (see Illust. of {Ship}); also, a rope employed to pull
                  the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
            (b) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually
                  fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft
                  sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of {Sail}).
            (c) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her
                  sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the
                  former when she is closehauled with the wind on her
                  starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one
                  tack; also, a change of direction.
  
      4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set,
            or let, for hire; a lease. --Burrill.
  
      5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      {Tack of a flag} (Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the
            foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards.
           
  
      {Tack pins} (Naut.), belaying pins; -- also called {jack
            pins}.
  
      {To haul the tacks aboard} (Naut.), to set the courses.
  
      {To hold tack}, to last or hold out. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hold \Hold\, n. i.
      In general, to keep one's self in a given position or
      condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
  
      1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
  
                     And damned be him that first cries, [bd]Hold,
                     enough![b8]                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to
            remain unbroken or unsubdued.
  
                     Our force by land hath nobly held.      --Shak.
  
      3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to
            endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
  
                     While our obedience holds.                  --Milton.
  
                     The rule holds in land as all other commodities.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain
            attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
  
                     He will hold to the one and despise the other.
                                                                              --Matt. vi. 24
  
      5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
  
                     His dauntless heart would fain have held From
                     weeping, but his eyes rebelled.         --Dryden.
  
      6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
  
                     My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden.
  
                     His imagination holds immediately from nature.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      {Hold on!} {Hold up!} wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- {To
      hold forth}, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach.
            --L'Estrange.
  
      {To hold in}, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh
            and could hardly hold in.
  
      {To hold off}, to keep at a distance.
  
      {To hold on}, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on.
            [bd]The trade held on for many years,[b8] --Swift.
  
      {To hold out}, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain
            one's self; not to yield or give way.
  
      {To hold over}, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond
            a certain date.
  
      {To hold to [or] with}, to take sides with, as a person or
            opinion.
  
      {To hold together}, to be joined; not to separate; to remain
            in union. --Dryden. --Locke.
  
      {To hold up}.
            (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken;
                  as, to hold up under misfortunes.
            (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up.
                  --Hudibras.
            (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
                  --Collier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lattice \Lat"tice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Latticed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Latticing}.]
      1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
  
      2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with
            a lattice; as, to lattice a window.
  
      {To lattice up}, to cover or inclose with a lattice.
  
                     Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up
                     C[91]sar.                                          --Sir T.
                                                                              North.

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   Lay \Lay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to
      lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan.
      See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
      1. To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against
            something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a
            book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower
            lays the dust.
  
                     A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the
                     den.                                                   --Dan. vi. 17.
  
                     Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton.
  
      2. To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with
            regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a
            corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers
            on a table.
  
      3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to
            lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
  
      4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
  
      5. To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to
            exorcise, as an evil spirit.
  
                     After a tempest when the winds are laid. --Waller.
  
      6. To cause to lie dead or dying.
  
                     Brave C[91]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The
                     victor C[91]neus was by Turnus slain. --Dryden.
  
      7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  
                     I dare lay mine honor He will remain so. --Shak.
  
      8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
  
      9. To apply; to put.
  
                     She layeth her hands to the spindle.   --Prov. xxxi.
                                                                              19.
  
      10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to
            assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
  
                     The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
                                                                              --Is. Iiii. 6.
  
      11. To impute; to charge; to allege.
  
                     God layeth not folly to them.            --Job xxiv.
                                                                              12.
  
                     Lay the fault on us.                        --Shak.
  
      12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on
            one.
  
      13. To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a
            particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
  
      14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
            --Bouvier.
  
      15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
  
      16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable,
            etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as,
            to lay a cable or rope.
  
      17. (Print.)
            (a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the
                  imposing stone.
            (b) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  
      {To lay asleep}, to put sleep; to make unobservant or
            careless. --Bacon.
  
      {To lay bare}, to make bare; to strip.
  
                     And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      {To lay before}, to present to; to submit for consideration;
            as, the papers are laid before Congress.
  
      {To lay by}.
            (a) To save.
            (b) To discard.
  
                           Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {To lay by the heels}, to put in the stocks. --Shak.
  
      {To lay down}.
            (a) To stake as a wager.
            (b) To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay
                  down one's life; to lay down one's arms.
            (c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle.
                 
  
      {To lay forth}.
            (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's
                  self; to expatiate. [Obs.]
            (b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To lay hands on}, to seize.
  
      {To lay hands on one's self}, or {To lay violent hands on
      one's self}, to injure one's self; specif., to commit
            suicide.
  
      {To lay heads together}, to consult.
  
      {To lay hold of}, or {To lay hold on}, to seize; to catch.
  
      {To lay in}, to store; to provide.
  
      {To lay it on}, to apply without stint. --Shak.

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      {To be out of one's head}, to be temporarily insane.
  
      {To come or draw to a head}. See under {Come}, {Draw}.
  
      {To give (one) the head}, [or] {To give head}, to let go, or
            to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give
            license. [bd]He gave his able horse the head.[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]He has so long given his unruly passions their
            head.[b8] --South.
  
      {To his head}, before his face. [bd]An uncivil answer from a
            son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor,
            is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his
            house or revile him to his head.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {To lay heads together}, to consult; to conspire.
  
      {To lose one's head}, to lose presence of mind.
  
      {To make head}, [or] {To make head against}, to resist with
            success; to advance.
  
      {To show one's head}, to appear. --Shak.
  
      {To turn head}, to turn the face or front. [bd]The ravishers
            turn head, the fight renews.[b8] --Dryden.

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      {To lay on}, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on
            blows.
  
      {To lay on load}, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs.
            [or] Archaic]
  
      {To lay one's self out}, to strive earnestly.
  
                     No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself
                     for the good of his country.               --Smalridge.
  
      {To lay one's self open to}, to expose one's self to, as to
            an accusation.
  
      {To lay open}, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal.
  
      {To lay over}, to spread over; to cover.
  
      {To lay out}.
            (a) To expend. --Macaulay.
            (b) To display; to discover.
            (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a
                  garden.
            (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse.
            (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength.
  
      {To lay siege to}.
            (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army.
            (b) To beset pertinaciously.
  
      {To lay the course} (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended
            without jibing.
  
      {To lay the land} (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the
            horizon, by sailing away from it.
  
      {To lay to}
            (a) To charge upon; to impute.
            (b) To apply with vigor.
            (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles.
            (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause
                  it to be stationary.
  
      {To lay to heart}, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.
  
      {To lay under}, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or
            restraint.
  
      {To lay unto}.
            (a) Same as {To lay to} (above).
            (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4.
  
      {To lay up}.
            (a) To store; to reposit for future use.
            (b) To confine; to disable.
            (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a
                  ship.
  
      {To lay wait for}, to lie in ambush for.
  
      {To lay waste}, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay
            waste the land.
  
      Syn: See {Put}, v. t., and the Note under 4th {Lie}.

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   Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
      altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
      F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.]
      1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
            stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
            burned to a deity.
  
                     Noah builded an altar unto the Lord.   --Gen. viii.
                                                                              20.
  
      2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
            other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
            the communion table.
  
      Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
  
      {Altar cloth} or
  
      {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
            usually richly embroidered.
  
      {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
            church to support the service book.
  
      {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}.
  
      {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion
            table.
  
      {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
            protect it from approach in the rear.
  
      {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
  
      {Family altar}, place of family devotions.
  
      {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a
            woman.

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   Lead \Lead\ (l[emac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[ecr]d); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[aemac]dan (akin to
      OS. l[emac]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][edh]a,
      Sw. leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[edh]an
      to go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][edh]a, Goth.
      lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. {Lode}, {Loath}.]
      1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
            physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a
            jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind
            man.
  
                     If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
                     the ditch.                                          --Wyclif
                                                                              (Matt. xv.
                                                                              14.)
  
                     They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
                     the brow of the hill.                        --Luke iv. 29.
  
                     In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,
                     sweet Liberty.                                    --Milton.
  
      2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
            place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
            esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
            figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
            lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
  
                     The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
                     cloud, to lead them the way.               --Ex. xiii.
                                                                              21.
  
                     He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
                                                                              2.
  
                     This thought might lead me through the world's vain
                     mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
            charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
            search; to lead a political party.
  
                     Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
                     might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
                     possess places.                                 --South.
  
      4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
            foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
            of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
            the orators of all ages.
  
                     As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
  
                     And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
                                                                              Hunt.
  
      5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
            prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
            one to espouse a righteous cause.
  
                     He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
                     than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
                     actions.                                             --Eikon
                                                                              Basilike.
  
                     Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers
                     lusts.                                                --2 Tim. iii.
                                                                              6 (Rev. Ver.).
  
      6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a
            certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to
            follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
            cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
  
                     That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
                                                                              Tim. ii. 2.
  
                     Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
                     leads melodious days.                        --Tennyson.
  
                     You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
                     and daughter.                                    --Dickens.
  
      7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
            as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
  
      {To lead astray}, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
            seduce from truth or rectitude.
  
      {To lead captive}, to carry or bring into captivity.
  
      {To lead the way}, to show the way by going in front; to act
            as guide. --Goldsmith.

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   Lead \Lead\ (l[emac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[ecr]d); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[aemac]dan (akin to
      OS. l[emac]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][edh]a,
      Sw. leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[edh]an
      to go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][edh]a, Goth.
      lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. {Lode}, {Loath}.]
      1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
            physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a
            jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind
            man.
  
                     If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
                     the ditch.                                          --Wyclif
                                                                              (Matt. xv.
                                                                              14.)
  
                     They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
                     the brow of the hill.                        --Luke iv. 29.
  
                     In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,
                     sweet Liberty.                                    --Milton.
  
      2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
            place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
            esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
            figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
            lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
  
                     The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
                     cloud, to lead them the way.               --Ex. xiii.
                                                                              21.
  
                     He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
                                                                              2.
  
                     This thought might lead me through the world's vain
                     mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
            charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
            search; to lead a political party.
  
                     Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
                     might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
                     possess places.                                 --South.
  
      4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
            foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
            of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
            the orators of all ages.
  
                     As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
  
                     And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
                                                                              Hunt.
  
      5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
            prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
            one to espouse a righteous cause.
  
                     He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
                     than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
                     actions.                                             --Eikon
                                                                              Basilike.
  
                     Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers
                     lusts.                                                --2 Tim. iii.
                                                                              6 (Rev. Ver.).
  
      6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a
            certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to
            follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
            cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
  
                     That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
                                                                              Tim. ii. 2.
  
                     Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
                     leads melodious days.                        --Tennyson.
  
                     You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
                     and daughter.                                    --Dickens.
  
      7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
            as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
  
      {To lead astray}, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
            seduce from truth or rectitude.
  
      {To lead captive}, to carry or bring into captivity.
  
      {To lead the way}, to show the way by going in front; to act
            as guide. --Goldsmith.

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      7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an
            act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over
            or through.
  
                     By going over all these particulars, you may receive
                     some tolerable satisfaction about this great
                     subject.                                             --South.
  
      8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
  
                     The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that
                     it may find Good time, and live.         --Shak.
  
      9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence
            the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to
            depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
  
                     I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
                     your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.
                                                                              --Ex. viii.
                                                                              28.
  
      10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to
            perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
  
                     By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath
                     our master sped.                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the
            street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New
            York.
  
                     His amorous expressions go no further than virtue
                     may allow.                                       --Dryden.
  
      12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
  
      Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and
               adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the
               preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb,
               lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go
               against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go
               astray, etc.
  
      {Go to}, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation,
            serious or ironical.
  
      {To go a-begging}, not to be in demand; to be undesired.
  
      {To go about}.
            (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to
                  undertake. [bd]They went about to slay him.[b8]
                  --Acts ix. 29.
  
                           They never go about . . . to hide or palliate
                           their vices.                              --Swift.
            (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.
                 
  
      {To go abraod}.
            (a) To go to a foreign country.
            (b) To go out of doors.
            (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be
                  current.
  
                           Then went this saying abroad among the
                           brethren.                                    --John xxi.
                                                                              23.
  
      {To go against}.
            (a) To march against; to attack.
            (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to.
  
      {To go ahead}.
            (a) To go in advance.
            (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.
  
      {To go and come}. See {To come and go}, under {Come}.
  
      {To go aside}.
            (a) To withdraw; to retire.
  
                           He . . . went aside privately into a desert
                           place.                                       --Luke. ix.
                                                                              10.
            (b) To go from what is right; to err. --Num. v. 29.
  
      {To go back on}.
            (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps).
            (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U.
                  S.]
  
      {To go below}
            (Naut), to go below deck.
  
      {To go between}, to interpose or mediate between; to be a
            secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander.
           
  
      {To go beyond}. See under {Beyond}.
  
      {To go by}, to pass away unnoticed; to omit.
  
      {To go by the board} (Naut.), to fall or be carried
            overboard; as, the mast went by the board.
  
      {To go down}.
            (a) To descend.
            (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down.
            (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.
            (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively.
                  [Colloq.]
  
                           Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down
                           whole with him for truth.            --L' Estrange.
  
      {To go far}.
            (a) To go to a distance.
            (b) To have much weight or influence.
  
      {To go for}.
            (a) To go in quest of.
            (b) To represent; to pass for.
            (c) To favor; to advocate.
            (d) To attack; to assault. [Low]
            (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price).
  
      {To go for nothing}, to be parted with for no compensation or
            result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count
            for nothing.
  
      {To go forth}.
            (a) To depart from a place.
            (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
  
                           The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of
                           the Lord from Jerusalem.            --Micah iv. 2.
  
      {To go hard with}, to trouble, pain, or endanger.
  
      {To go in}, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.]
  
      {To go in and out}, to do the business of life; to live; to
            have free access. --John x. 9.
  
      {To go in for}. [Colloq.]
            (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a
                  measure, etc.).
            (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor,
                  preferment, etc.)
            (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.).
            (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
  
                           He was as ready to go in for statistics as for
                           anything else.                           --Dickens.
                 
  
      {To go in to} [or] {unto}.
            (a) To enter the presence of. --Esther iv. 16.
            (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.]
  
      {To go into}.
            (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question,
                  subject, etc.).
            (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.).
  
      {To go large}.
            (Naut) See under {Large}.
  
      {To go off}.
            (a) To go away; to depart.
  
                           The leaders . . . will not go off until they
                           hear you.                                    --Shak.
            (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off.
            (c) To die. --Shak.
            (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of
                  a gun, a mine, etc.
            (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.
            (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
  
                           The wedding went off much as such affairs do.
                                                                              --Mrs.
                                                                              Caskell.
  
      {To go on}.
            (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to
                  go on reading.
            (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will
                  not go on.
  
      {To go all fours}, to correspond exactly, point for point.
  
                     It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      {To go out}.
            (a) To issue forth from a place.
            (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
  
                           There are other men fitter to go out than I.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           What went ye out for to see ?      --Matt. xi. 7,
                                                                              8, 9.
            (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as
                  news, fame etc.
            (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as,
                  the light has gone out.
  
                           Life itself goes out at thy displeasure.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      {To go over}.
            (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to
                  change sides.
  
                           I must not go over Jordan.         --Deut. iv.
                                                                              22.
  
                           Let me go over, and see the good land that is
                           beyond Jordan.                           --Deut. iii.
                                                                              25.
  
                           Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the
                           Ammonites.                                 --Jer. xli.
                                                                              10.
            (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go
                  over one's accounts.
  
                           If we go over the laws of Christianity, we
                           shall find that . . . they enjoin the same
                           thing.                                       --Tillotson.
            (c) To transcend; to surpass.
            (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the
                  session.
            (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance
                  or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into
                  orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into
                  dextrose and levulose.
  
      {To go through}.
            (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work.
            (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a
                  surgical operation or a tedious illness.
            (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune.
            (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]
            (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.]
  
      {To go through with}, to perform, as a calculation, to the
            end; to complete.
  
      {To go to ground}.
            (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox.
            (b) To fall in battle.
  
      {To go to naught} (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or
            unavailling.
  
      {To go under}.
            (a) To set; -- said of the sun.
            (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.).
            (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish;
                  to succumb.
  
      {To go up}, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail.
            [Slang]
  
      {To go upon}, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis.
  
      {To go with}.
            (a) To accompany.
            (b) To coincide or agree with.
            (c) To suit; to harmonize with.
  
      {To go} (
  
      {well},
  
      {ill}, [or]
  
      {hard})
  
      {with}, to affect (one) in such manner.
  
      {To go without}, to be, or to remain, destitute of.
  
      {To go wrong}.
            (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or
                  stray.
            (b) To depart from virtue.
            (c) To happen unfortunately.
            (d) To miss success.
  
      {To let go}, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to
            release.

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   Run \Run\, n.
      1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick
            run; to go on the run.
  
      2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
  
      3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain
            operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in
            wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
  
      4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain
            course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
  
                     They who made their arrangements in the first run of
                     misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
  
                     It is impossible for detached papers to have a
                     general run, or long continuance, if not diversified
                     with humor.                                       --Addison.
  
      6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as,
            to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
  
                     A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a
            bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
  
      8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep
            run. --Howitt.
  
      9. (Naut.)
            (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows
                  toward the stern, under the quarter.
            (b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run
                  of fifty miles.
            (c) A voyage; as, a run to China.
  
      10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
  
                     I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens.
  
      11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be
            carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or
            by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which
            a vein of ore or other substance takes.
  
      12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
  
      13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It
            is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick,
            but with greater speed.
  
      14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; --
            said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes
            which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of
            spawning.
  
      15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a
            player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a
            passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point
            is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went
            out with two hundred runs.
  
                     The [bd]runs[b8] are made from wicket to wicket,
                     the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A.
                                                                              Proctor.
  
      16. A pair or set of millstones.
  
      {At the long run}, now, commonly, {In the long run}, in or
            during the whole process or course of things taken
            together; in the final result; in the end; finally.
  
                     [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but
                     he surpasses them in the long run.      --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.
  
      {Home run}.
            (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point
                  from which the start was made. Cf. {Home stretch}.
            (b) (Baseball) See under {Home}.
  
      {The run}, [or] {The common run}, etc., ordinary persons; the
            generality or average of people or things; also, that
            which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or
            kind.
  
                     I saw nothing else that is superior to the common
                     run of parks.                                    --Walpole.
  
                     Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as
                     beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his
                     own vast superiority to the common run of men.
                                                                              --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.
  
                     His whole appearance was something out of the common
                     run.                                                   --W. Irving.
  
      {To let go by the run} (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely,
            as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

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      {To let} {drive [or] fly}, to discharge with violence, as a
            blow, an arrow, or stone. See under {Drive}, and {Fly}.
  
      {To let in} [or] into.
            (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.
            (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess
                  formed in a surface for the purpose. {To let loose},
            to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.
  
      {To let off.}
            (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the
                  charge of, as a gun.
            (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation.
                  [Colloq.]
  
      {To let out}.
            (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner.
            (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to
                  enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.
            (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as
                  a job.
            (d) To divulge.
  
      {To let slide}, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.]
            [bd] Let the world slide.[b8] --Shak.

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   Slip \Slip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG.
      slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr.
      OE. slipen, AS. sl[c6]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to
      slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[c6]fan to slide, glide,
      make smooth, Icel. sl[c6]pa to whet; cf. also AS. sl[?]pan,
      Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen,
      schl[?]pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different
      root form. Cf. {Slope}, n.]
      1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding,
            rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
  
      2. To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to
            tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest
            the foot should slip.
  
      3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with
            out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
  
      4. To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as
            if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner;
            as, some errors slipped into the work.
  
                     Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner
                     fairer play.                                       --Prior.
  
                     Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --Dryden.
  
      5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
  
                     There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
                     from his heart.                                 --Ecclus. xix.
                                                                              16.
  
      {To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
            to allow to escape.
  
                     Cry, [bd]Havoc,[b8] and let slip the dogs of war.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel.
      k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL.
      catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk.
      kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera
            {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}.
            The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than
            the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat}
            is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See
            {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}.
  
      Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from
               their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the
               {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}.
  
      Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,
               from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher
               cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.
  
      2. (Naut.)
            (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting
                  quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal
                  and timber trade.
            (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the
                  cathead of a ship. --Totten.
  
      3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six
            feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever
            position in is placed.
  
      4. An old game;
            (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is
                  played. See {Tipcat}.
            (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of
                  batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
  
      5. A cat o' nine tails. See below.
  
      {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}.
  
      {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}.
  
      {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.
            [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8]
            --Coleridge.
  
      {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large
            hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to
            the cathead.
  
      {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
  
      {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]
  
      {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting
            of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a
            handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare
            back.
  
      {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string
            looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The
            string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of
            another, at each transfer with a change of form. See
            {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}.
  
      {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly
            or willfully. [Colloq.]
  
      {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See
      {Lodge}, n. ]
      1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a
            sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to
            receive; to hold.
  
                     Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden.
  
                     The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that
                     all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne.
  
      2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
  
                     The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her
                     covert.                                             --Addison.
  
      3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged
            their arms in the arsenal.
  
      4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
  
                     He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison.
  
      5. To lay down; to prostrate.
  
                     Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To lodge an information}, to enter a formal complaint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wield \Wield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wielded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wielding}.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to
      possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS.
      waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda,
      Sw. v[86]lla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan
      to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. {Herald},
      {Valiant}.]
      1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to
            possess. [Obs.]
  
                     When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all
                     things that he wieldeth ben in peace. --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              xi. 21).
  
                     Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money
                     in your girdles.                                 --Wyclif
                                                                              (Matt. x. 9.)
  
      2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to
            manage; to control; to sway.
  
                     The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence
                     Wielded at will that fierce democraty. --Milton.
  
                     Her newborn power was wielded from the first by
                     unprincipled and ambitions men.         --De Quincey.
  
      3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too
            heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use
            or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
  
                     Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could
                     induce a savage to wield a spade.      --S. S. Smith.
  
      {To wield the scepter}, to govern with supreme command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toilet \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See
      {Toil} a net.]
      1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a
            table in a chamber or a dressing room.
  
      2. A dressing table. --Pope.
  
      3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in
            dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
            [Written also {toilette}.]
  
      {Toilet glass}, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a
            dressing room.
  
      {Toilet service}, {Toilet set}, earthenware, glass, and other
            utensils for a dressing room.
  
      {Toilet table}, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
           
  
      {To snake one's toilet}, to dress one's self; especially, to
            dress one's self carefully.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toilet \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See
      {Toil} a net.]
      1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a
            table in a chamber or a dressing room.
  
      2. A dressing table. --Pope.
  
      3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in
            dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
            [Written also {toilette}.]
  
      {Toilet glass}, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a
            dressing room.
  
      {Toilet service}, {Toilet set}, earthenware, glass, and other
            utensils for a dressing room.
  
      {Toilet table}, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
           
  
      {To snake one's toilet}, to dress one's self; especially, to
            dress one's self carefully.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toilet \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See
      {Toil} a net.]
      1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a
            table in a chamber or a dressing room.
  
      2. A dressing table. --Pope.
  
      3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in
            dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
            [Written also {toilette}.]
  
      {Toilet glass}, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a
            dressing room.
  
      {Toilet service}, {Toilet set}, earthenware, glass, and other
            utensils for a dressing room.
  
      {Toilet table}, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
           
  
      {To snake one's toilet}, to dress one's self; especially, to
            dress one's self carefully.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
      seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be,
      and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L.
      sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.]
      A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
      and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by
      combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
      usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
      potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,
      palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.
      {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar
      composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
      or not.
  
      Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
               Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
               are insoluble and useless.
  
                        The purifying action of soap depends upon the
                        fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
                        water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
                        salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
                        dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
                        lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
                        tends to remove it.                        --Roscoe &
                                                                              Schorlemmer.
  
      {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
            made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles,
            [or] Venetian, soap}.
  
      {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
            different ingredients and color, which are hard and
            compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
  
      {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
            saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
            externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster},
            {diachylon}, etc.
  
      {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}.
  
      {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
  
      {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
            soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
  
      {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
            silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
            mechanically in the removal of dirt.
  
      {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
            bleaching.
  
      {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
            silicate).
  
      {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}.
  
      {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
            film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
            attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
  
                     This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
            and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
            application to allay inflammation.
  
      {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
            etc., used in making soap.
  
      {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
            and alcohol.
  
      {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
            soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
  
      {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
            of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California
            plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
            rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
            not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple},
            {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}.
  
      {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}.
  
      {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
            are all hard soaps.
  
      {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
            of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
            lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
            contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
            cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
            flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
  
      {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
            perfumed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr.
      [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also
      {spunge}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or
            Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}.
  
      2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
            Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
            the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable
            sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
            and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and
            indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
  
      4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
            (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
                  after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
                  agency of the yeast or leaven.
            (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
            (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  
      5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
            discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
            sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
            nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  
      6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
            to the heel.
  
      {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
           
  
      {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
            officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine
            fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
  
      {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
            as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety
            {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
            {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or
            fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
            put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
            dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
            brought from Germany.
  
      {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida
            and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger
            and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
  
      {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
            spongy.
  
      {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead
            brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
            compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
            batteries and otherwise.
  
      {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
            Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
            used in perfumery.
  
      {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of
            Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety
            {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}.
  
      {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
            to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
  
      {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to
            acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
            the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
            throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant
            or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the
            sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
      zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
      E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
      See {Tale} number.]
      1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
            the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
            for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
  
      2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
            bounds of a manor.
  
      3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
            grinding.
  
      {Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
            market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
  
      {Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
            at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
  
      {Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
            it.
  
      {Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
  
      {Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
  
      {Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
  
      {Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  
      {Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
            driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
            its cost. --Brande & C.
  
      {Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
            beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
            passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
            like, of another.
  
      {Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
            from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
  
      Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toltec \Tol"tec\, n. (Ethnol.)
      One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. --
      {Tol"te*can}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toltec \Tol"tec\, n. (Ethnol.)
      One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. --
      {Tol"te*can}, a.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Talladega, AL (city, FIPS 74592)
      Location: 33.43205 N, 86.09800 W
      Population (1990): 18175 (6463 housing units)
      Area: 56.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35160

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Talladega County, AL (county, FIPS 121)
      Location: 33.38399 N, 86.16949 W
      Population (1990): 74107 (29861 housing units)
      Area: 1915.6 sq km (land), 53.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Talladega Springs, AL (town, FIPS 74616)
      Location: 33.11752 N, 86.44454 W
      Population (1990): 148 (68 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tallahatchie County, MS (county, FIPS 135)
      Location: 33.94594 N, 90.17169 W
      Population (1990): 15210 (5492 housing units)
      Area: 1667.9 sq km (land), 21.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Toa Alta zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 82488)
      Location: 18.39006 N, 66.25014 W
      Population (1990): 4941 (1507 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Talitha cumi
      (Mark 5:41), a Syriac or Aramaic expression, meaning, "Little
      maid, arise." Peter, who was present when the miracle was
      wrought, recalled the actual words used by our Lord, and told
      them to Mark.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tolaites
      descendants of Tola (Num. 26:23; 1 Chr. 7:1, 2).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Talitha-cumi, young woman, arise
  
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