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1. cosmo-, comb. form View full entry 1656

...before a vowel cosm-, combining form of Greek κόσμοςcosmos...

2. freeboard, n. View full entry 1670

...Law. Also in form freebord. The right claimed by the owner of a park or forest to a belt of land lying immediately outside its boundary; the land thus...

3. halt, v.2 View full entry 1656

...intr. To make a halt; to make a temporary stoppage in a march or journey. (At first a military term only, but sometimes in later use a mere synonym of ‘stop’.)...

5. pentereme, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1656

...= quinquereme Also as (attrib.)....

6. ramberge, n. View full entry 1656

...A long, swift, narrow war vessel formerly used by the English navy....

7. † recargaison, n. View full entry 1656

...The cargo of a ship on a return voyage....

8. sphero-, comb. form View full entry 1656

...Variant of sphaero-, used as combining form of sphere (cf. French sphéro-) in various terms, chiefly scientific and technical....

9. trierarch, n. View full entry 1656

...The commander of a trireme....

10. veliferous, adj. View full entry 1656

...Carrying sails. Obs....

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