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  • 71climb — climbable, adj. /kluym/, v.i. 1. to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder. 2. to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain. 3. to ascend or… …

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  • 72pew — noun a long bench with a back, placed in rows in churches for the congregation. ↘Brit. informal a seat. Origin ME (orig. a raised, enclosed place for particular worshippers): from OFr. puye balcony , from L. podia, plural of podium elevated place …

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  • 73throne — I. n. 1. Chair of state. 2. Sovereignty, sovereign power, sway. II. v. a. 1. Enthrone, place on a royal seat. 2. Exalt, give an elevated place …

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  • 74pew — /pju / (say pyooh) noun 1. (in a church) one of an assemblage of fixed bench like seats (with backs), accessible by aisles, for the use of the congregation. 2. an enclosed seat in a church, or an enclosure with seats, appropriated to the use of a …

  • 75pew — ► NOUN 1) (in a church) a long bench with a back. 2) Brit. informal a seat. ORIGIN originally denoting a raised, enclosed place for particular worshippers: from Old French puye balcony , from Latin podium elevated place …

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  • 76all fours — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… …

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  • 77Appoggiatura — Ap*pog gia*tu ra, n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a… …

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  • 78High — High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low, jack,… …

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  • 79High low jack and the game — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… …

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  • 80In high and low — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… …

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