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An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the

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An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

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• CARTEL
  An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the
• COWWEED
  See PARSLEY
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• COWLIKE
  Resembling a cow. With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.
• COMBAT
  To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• COWARDICE
  Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.
• COW'S LUNGWORT
  Mullein.
• COWHIDE
  1. The hide of a cow. 2. Leather made of the hide of a cow. 3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
• COWLEECH
  One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor.
• COMBATTANT
  In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
• SINGLE-ACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• COWL
  gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. 1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The nname was also applied to the hood and garment together.
• LETTERER
  One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.
• SINGLE-HANDED
  Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
• COW TREE
  A tree of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.
• COWQUAKE
  A genus of plants ; quaking grass.
• COW-PILOT
  A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies ; -- called also mojarra.
• LETTERURE
  Letters; literature. "To teach him letterure and courtesy." Chaucer.
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• SCOWLINGLY
  In a scowling manner.
• UNEMPLOYED
  1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.