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ABANDONMENT |
20 Desertion |
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TON |
20 cwt |
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FIFTH |
20 percent |
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SCORE |
Group of 20 |
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LOBSTER |
Seafood for 20 bucks? |
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BURR |
20 Hamilton’s adversary is a thorn in his side |
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TWENTY |
A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx. |
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HAMITE |
A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20. |
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CASUALTY |
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or
desertion. |
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DESERTION |
The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in
his desertion. |
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ZWANZIGER |
An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or
about 10 cents. |
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SLIP |
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one
the slip. |
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MINUTE |
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus
('); as, 10¡ 20'). |
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FLOREAL |
The eight month of the French republican calendar. It
began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendemiare. |
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FRIMAIRE |
The third month of the French republican calendar. It
commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendemiaire. |
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PLUVIOSE |
The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted
in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendemiaire. |
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RUNDLET |
A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain
from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons. |
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VENTOSE |
The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first
French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See
Vend/miaire. |
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LIVRE |
A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to
20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc. |
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PRAIRIAL |
The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which
dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See
Vendemiaire. |
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DEPARTURE |
The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground
taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of
another. |
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TOURNOIS |
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a
franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which
contained 25 sous. |
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DEFECTION |
Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is
bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself;
desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. |
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APOSTASY |
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a
total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party;
esp., the renuncia... |
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DESERTER |
One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or
any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who
abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion. |