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  • 81Plateaus — Plateau Pla*teau , n.; pl. F. {Plateaux} (F. ?; E. ?), E. {Plateaus}. [F., fr. OF. platel, properly a little plate. See {Plate}.] 1. A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table land. [1913 Webster] 2. An ornamental… …

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  • 82Plateaux — Plateau Pla*teau , n.; pl. F. {Plateaux} (F. ?; E. ?), E. {Plateaus}. [F., fr. OF. platel, properly a little plate. See {Plate}.] 1. A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table land. [1913 Webster] 2. An ornamental… …

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  • 83Plumbago — Plum*ba go, n. [L., from plumbum lead.] 1. (Min.) Same as {Graphite}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Presentoir — Pres en*toir , n. [Formed after analogy of French.] An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 85Salvage — Sal vage (?; 48), n. [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See {Save}.] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. [1913 Webster] Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British… …

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  • 86Save — Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury,… …

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  • 87Saved — Save Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury,… …

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  • 88Saving — Save Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury,… …

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  • 89Sculleries — Scullery Scul ler*y (sk[u^]l l[ e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. {Sculleries} (sk[u^]l l[ e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see {Swill} to wash, to drink), but influenced either …

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  • 90Scullery — Scul ler*y (sk[u^]l l[ e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. {Sculleries} (sk[u^]l l[ e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see {Swill} to wash, to drink), but influenced either by Icel …

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