Base-court |
The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle. |
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Base-court |
An inferior court of law, not of record. |
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Plaster |
An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster. |
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Plaster |
A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar. |
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Plaster |
Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer. |
n. |
Plaster |
To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore. |
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Plaster |
To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house. |
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Plaster |
Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster. |
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Court |
An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. |
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Court |
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. |
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Court |
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. |
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Court |
Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. |
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Court |
Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. |
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Court |
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. |
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Court |
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes. |
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Court |
A tribunal established for the administration of justice. |
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Court |
The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. |
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Court |
The session of a judicial assembly. |
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Court |
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. |
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Court |
A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. |
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