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11Beating — can mean: *Beating, a Sailing term for making headway against the wind. *Beating up: hitting several or many times causing much bruising. **This is its usual meaning when it is a noun with a number or article, e.g. a beating . *Or see battery… …
12bolt — {{11}}bolt (n.) O.E. bolt short, stout arrow with a heavy head; also crossbow for throwing bolts, from P.Gmc. *bultas (Cf. O.N. bolti, Dan. bolt, Du. bout, Ger. Bolzen), perhaps from PIE root *bheld to knock, strike (Cf. Lith. beldu I knock,… …
13Goodness — Good ness, n. [AS. g[=o]dnes.] The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc. [1913… …
14Heaviness — Heav i*ness, n. The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness. [1913 Webster] …
15Kindness — Kind ness, n. [From {Kind}. a.] 1. The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence. [1913 Webster] I do fear thy nature; It is too full o the milk of human kindness To… …
16codswallop — said to be from 19c. (but first attested 1963), perhaps from wallop, British slang for beer, and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps testicles …
17spiv — petty crook who will turn his hand to anything so long as it does not involve honest work, 1934, British slang, probably dating back to late 19c. and connected with spiff (see SPIFFY (Cf. spiffy)) in one of its various senses. Being a flashy… …
18eternity — n. 1. Eternal quality. See eternal, in its various senses. 2. The eternal world, supramundane being, the supersensible order. 3. Endless duration, infinite duration …
19highly — ad. Extremely, exceedingly, very much, in a great degree, in a high degree. See high, in its various senses …
20laxness — n. See lax, in its various senses …
