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Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
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The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
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A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
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Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
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A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
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The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]
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A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.
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A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
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To vomit.
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A waterfall; a cascade.
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The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon.
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To fall in a cascade.
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A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.
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A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
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