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A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
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v. t.
To send on a mission.
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A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
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A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
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The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
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Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
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Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
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One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion.
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Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.
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Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
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Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.
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Missile.
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The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
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A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
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A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
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of Missionary
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A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
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A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6.
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An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.
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Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
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