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Dialectal

Relating to a dialect dialectical as a dialectical variant...

Dialectics

Dialectics, that branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning....

Any one of the popular dialects descended from or akin to Sanskrit in distinction from the Sanskrit which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects...

Tribe

Tribe, 'Tribe in the Dictionary of Anthropology is defined as 'a social group, usually with a definite area, dialect cultural homogeneity, and unifying social organisation. It may include several subgroups, such as sibs or villages. A tribe ordinarily has a leader and may have a common ancestor, as well as patron deity. The families or small communities making up the tribe are linked through economic, social, religious, family, or blood ties', State of Kerala v. Chandra Mohan, (2004) 3 SCC 429: AIR 2004 SC 1672.Tribe, is defined as a social group of a simple kind, the members of which speak a common dialect, have a single government, and act together for such common purposes as 'warfare', Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 22, 1961 Edn., p. 465....

blackmail

blackmail [originally, payment extorted from farmers in Scotland and northern England, from black + dialectal mail payment, rent] : extortion or coercion by often written threats esp. of public exposure, physical harm, or criminal prosecution blackmail vt black·mail·er [-mā-lər] n ...

boot

boot [obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bōt advantage, compensation] : additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value NOTE: Under Internal Revenue Code section 1031, no tax liability results from an exchange solely of like-kind property used in a business or trade or held for investment. If the exchange includes boot, however, under section 1245 the boot will be treated as ordinary income. ...

dock

dock [Dutch dialect docke dok pen, cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand ...

Chaldaism

An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect...

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