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PONTOON |
Twenty-one |
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GUINEA |
Twenty-One Shillings |
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SIXSCORE |
Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty. |
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INTERNET |
Where one can surf twenty-four hours a day |
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TWENTY |
One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men. |
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NINESCORE |
Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. |
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SEMUNCIA |
A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a
Roman pound. |
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TWENTIETH |
Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into
which anything is divided. |
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CASSINO |
A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually
for twenty-one points. |
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NINETEEN |
Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than
twenty; as, nineteen months. |
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AT |
The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at
twenty-one; at once; at first. |
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INFANCY |
The state or condition of one under age, or under the age
of twenty-one years; nonage; minority. |
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APPRENTICESHIP |
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven
years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). |
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SQUADRON |
A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops,
and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men. |
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TO |
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven;
it is ten to one that you will offend him. |
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KEEL |
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from
Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. |
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GLYPTODONT |
One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South
American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty
species are known. |
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QUIRE |
A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size
and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream. |
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THIRTY |
Being three times ten; consisting of one more than
twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty
days. |
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CANTON |
A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two
independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a
subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement. |
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INFANT |
A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained
the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years;
a minor. |
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GALIOT |
A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built
mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast,
and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers. |
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TIMBER |
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins,
in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. |
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LAP |
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a
small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps.
See Lap, to fold, 2. |
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MINOR |
A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which
full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United
States, one under twenty-one years of age. |