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  • 101rear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. See rear. v. erect, construct, establish; raise, elevate; foster, nurture, bring up; breed. See domestication, teaching. II Back part Nouns 1. rear, back, posteriority; rear guard; background,… …

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  • 102rump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. croup, buttocks; remainder, fag, end; steak. See rear, food. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. posterior, buttocks, rear end, hind end, tail end, butt end, bottom, backside, behind, croup, crupper, rear, back,… …

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  • 103Rear — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rear >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rear rear back posteriority Sgm: N 1 rear rank rear rank rear guard Sgm: N 1 background background hinterland GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 occiput …

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  • 104croupe — sb. == crupper. Alys. 2447 …

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  • 105croup — n. 1. Rump (especially of a horse), buttocks, crupper. 2. (Med.) Cynanche (trachealis) …

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  • 106bottom — n 1. foot, lowest point, lowest part, Astron. nadir, Astron. perigee; foundation, groundwork, understructure, substructure, substratum, understratum, underlayer; pedestal, footing, Archit. socle, Archit. plinth; support, prop, stay, brace;… …

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  • 107buttock — n Usu. buttocks rump, posterior, dorsal or lumbar region, hindquarters, haunches, loins, fundament, nates, Zool. podex, Anat. gluteus maximus, (both of a horse) crupper, croup; seat, bottom, Fr. derriere, Inf. fanny, Inf. rear or rear end, Brit.… …

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  • 108hip — I n haunch, loin, pelvis, innominate bones, lumbar region; rump, posterior, (of a horse) crupper, croup, buttocks, Sl. butt, breech, hindquarters, Sl. behind, Sl. arse, Sl. ass, bottom. II adj Slang. informed, knowledgeable, Sl. savvy, knowing,… …

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  • 109shagreen — sha•green [[t]ʃəˈgrin[/t]] n. 1) clo an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc 2) the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive 3) Also, sha•greened′. made of or resembling shagreen • …

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  • 110dock —  a crupper to a saddle. Devon …

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