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n.
tax on goods coming into a country


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v.
be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers


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n.
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals


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n. Syn. rate; pace
beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace


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n.
a more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense or motion


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a.
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land


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a. Syn. concise; brief
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth


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v.
draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.


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v.
charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell


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v. Syn. pull; drag
draw or pull behind by a chain or line


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