Word Meanings - SEVENTHIRTIES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

• Durham
  One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.
• DURAMATER
  The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
• Fundamental
  Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.
• THREEMILE
  Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.
• Redeemableness
  The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
• Seven-up
  The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
• Thirty-second
  Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
• Bearhound
  A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
• Three-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
• Civillty
  The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.
• Unitarianize
  To change or turn to Unitarian views.
• Dura mater
  The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
• Unity
  The state of being one; oneness.
• Durian
  Alt. of Durion
• DURIANDURION
  The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.
• Fundamentally
  Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
• THREENERVED
  Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
• Redeemer
  One who redeems.
• Several
  Separate; distinct; particular; single.

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