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  • 31caution — n. & v. n. 1 attention to safety; prudence, carefulness. 2 a esp. Brit. a warning, esp. a formal one in law. b a formal warning and reprimand. 3 colloq. an amusing or surprising person or thing. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by against, or to + infin.)… …

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  • 32free — adj., adv., & v. adj. (freer; freest) 1 not in bondage to or under the control of another; having personal rights and social and political liberty. 2 (of a State, or its citizens or institutions) subject neither to foreign domination nor to… …

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  • 33rock — 1. n. 1 a the hard material of the earth s crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. b a similar material on other planets. 2 Geol. any natural material, hard or soft (e.g. clay), consisting of one or more minerals. 3 a a mass of rock …

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  • 34Rock — 1. n. 1 a the hard material of the earth s crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. b a similar material on other planets. 2 Geol. any natural material, hard or soft (e.g. clay), consisting of one or more minerals. 3 a a mass of rock …

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  • 35trolley — n. (pl. eys) 1 esp. Brit. a table, stand, or basket on wheels or castors for serving food, transporting luggage or shopping, gathering purchases in a supermarket, etc. 2 esp. Brit. a low truck running on rails. 3 (in full trolley wheel) a wheel… …

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  • 36draft — draftable, adj. drafter, n. /draft, drahft/, n. 1. a drawing, sketch, or design. 2. a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 3. act of drawing; delineation. 4. a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in… …

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  • 37labor — laboringly, adv. laborless, adj. /lay beuhr/, n. 1. productive activity, esp. for the sake of economic gain. 2. the body of persons engaged in such activity, esp. those working for wages. 3. this body of persons considered as a class… …

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  • 38wainscot — /wayn skeuht, skot, skoht/, n., v., wainscoted, wainscoting or (esp. Brit.) wainscotted, wainscotting. n. 1. wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls. 2. the lining itself, esp. as covering the lower portion… …

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  • 39trammel — tram•mel [[t]ˈtræm əl[/t]] n. v. meled, mel•ing (esp. brit.) melled, mel•ling. 1) Usu., trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint 2) an instrument for drawing ellipses 3) mac a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine …

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  • 40turf — turfless, adj. turflike, adj. /terrf/, n., pl. turfs, (esp. Brit.) turves; v. n. 1. a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots. 2. peat, esp. as material for fuel. 3. a block or piece of peat dug for fuel. 4. Slang. a …

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