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111building — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Architectural structure Nouns 1. edifice, structure, construction. See form, production, architecture. 2. house, home, abode. 3. (types of buildings) A frame, prefab, Quonset hut, ranch house, saltbox,… …
112cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
113food — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nourishment Nouns 1. food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment; aliment[ation], foodstuffs, sustenance, nurture, subsistence, provender, daily bread, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; fare,… …
114bacon — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flitch, gammon, side pork, beef bacon, Danish bacon, Canadian bacon, breakfast meat, pancetta, side meat*, sowbelly*. • bring home the bacon*, Syn. earn a living, provide for, triumph, achieve; see succeed 1 , support 5 …
115bacon — [12] Originally, bacon meant literally ‘meat from a pig’s back’. It comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *bakkon, which was related to *bakam, the source of English back. It reached English via Frankish báko and Old French bacon, and at… …
116decontaminate — 1. American to embalm The majority of corpses are no more contaminated than a leg of mutton, a side of bacon, or a flitch of beef: The incentive to select quality merchandise would be materially lessened if the body of the deceased… …
117bacon — noun cured meat from the back or sides of a pig. Phrases bring home the bacon informal 1》 supply material provision or support. 2》 achieve success. Origin ME: from OFr., from a Gmc word meaning ham, flitch …
118flank — n 1. side, quarter, loin, haunch, flitch, En tomol. pleuron. v 2. border, edge, bound, fringe, skirt, wing, verge, curb, wall, limit, confine. 3. outflank, outmaneuver, loop, circle, ring, surround, hem in; go around, elude, detour, avoid, evade …
119cant — I [[t]kænt[/t]] n. 1) insincere or hypocritical statements, esp. pious platitudes 2) ling. the private language of the underworld 3) ling. the words and phrases peculiar to a particular class, profession, etc 4) whining or singsong speech 5) to… …
120Ainsworth, William Harrison — (1805 1882) Novelist, s. of a solicitor, was b. in Manchester. He was destined for the legal profession, which, however, had no attraction for him; and going to London to complete his studies made the acquaintance of Mr. John Ebers, publisher …
