Strife; contention.
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
A vat which contains this liquid.
To deprive of.
To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
To masturbate.
To waste away.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To reduce the force of something; to abate.
To cut off, remove, take away.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
A mess; disorder.
A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
Rank; condition; quality.
The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
To declare to be a fact.
To make known.