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1. citadel, n. View full entry 1598
...The fortress commanding a city, which it serves both to protect and to keep in subjection. (Regularly used to translate Greek ἀκρόπολις and Latin arx.)...
2. crusher, n. View full entry 1598
...One who or that which crushes....
3. ˈflat-ˈbottom, adj. View full entry 1598
...= flat-bottomed...
4. gondolier, n. View full entry 1603
...One who rows a gondola. Also as trans., to carry in a gondola....
5. † hurk, n. View full entry 1598
...= hulk...
6. interˈceptor, n. View full entry 1598
...One who or that which intercepts....
7. overflight, n. View full entry 1598
...A flight of an aircraft, bird, etc., over a place or thing. Also in extended use....
8. propulsion, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of driving away or repelling something. Obs....
9. reeler, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A person who reels or winds something (as yarn, rope, silk, etc.) upon a reel or reels, esp. as part of a manufacturing process; a manufacturer or business specializing in this. Also:...
10. replunge, v. View full entry 1611
...To plunge again or once more (in various senses). Freq. with into....
11. snap-, comb. form View full entry 1603
...With ns. (also forming derivatives)....
12. transmission, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of transmitting or fact of being transmitted; conveyance from one person or place to another; transference....
13. truck, n.2 View full entry 1611
...A small solid wooden wheel or roller; spec.Naut. one of those on which the carriages of ships' guns were formerly mounted....
14. unˈmast, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To divest of a mast....
