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A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount. Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping

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A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount. Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt. (more info) 1. The act of supporting or defending. 2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps." Shak.

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  • INDEXICAL
    Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • REGISTERING
    Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.
  • ACTION
    Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
  • UTENSIL
    That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton. (more info) utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti,
  • SCROLLED
    Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
  • COMMISSIONAIRE
    1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services
  • AGENT
    Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. "The body agent." Bacon. (more info) Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
  • ACTIONABLE
    That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
  • EXPLOITURE
    1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. Udall. 2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag.
  • ACHIEVEMENT
    An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as,
  • IMPLEMENT
    That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge.
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • RECORDATION
    Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. Shak.
  • REGISTERSHIP
    The office of a register.
  • CHANNEL
    A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging
  • INSTRUMENTATION
    1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
  • INDEXICALLY
    In the manner of an index.
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • CENTRY
    See GRAY
  • GENTRY
    gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak. 2. People
  • SERPENTRY
    1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • INTERAGENT
    An intermediate agent.
  • REACTIONIST
    A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
  • MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
    The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.
  • REDACTION
    The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
  • CHYLIFACTION
    The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
  • FACTION
    One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority,
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • INSUPPRESSIBLE
    That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
  • UNREMEMBRANCE
    Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. I. Watts.
  • REFACTION
    Recompense; atonemet; retribution. Howell.
  • GLIDING MACHINE
    A construction consisting essentially of one or more aƫroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

 

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