To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
To quarrel or argue briefly.
To strike with a spattering sound.
A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
A light blow with something flat.
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.