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DOWNGRADED |
Lowered |
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DEIGNED |
Lowered oneself |
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ABASED |
Lowered; humbled. |
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DEBASED |
Lowered in value |
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HYDRANGEA |
Large lowered shrub |
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BATED |
Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated
breath. |
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LOWER |
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose. |
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FALLOWNESS |
A well or opening, through the successive floors of a
warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. |
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LUGSAIL |
A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the
mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. |
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TABERNACLE |
A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so
that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. |
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LEEBOARD |
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a
vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater
draught. |
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PARREL |
The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the
mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. |
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CONCUSSION |
A condition of lowered functional activity, without
visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall
or blow; as, a concussion of the brain. |
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TORPEDO |
An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions
or to open communication with a source of supply of oil. |
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HERSE |
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a
harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it
may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. |
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TYE |
A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and
is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a
tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered. |
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CALASH |
A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that
can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the
driver, and oft... |
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TELESCOPICAL |
...ar vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered
endwise. ... |
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CENTREBOARD |
... or
slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case
amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the
are... |
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GUY |
...ady it; as: a
rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a
rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard ... |