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Gentlesse

Gentilesse gentleness

Molliter manus imposuit

the like battery, he may set forth the whole case and state that he laid hands upon him gently (molliter manus imposuit) for this purpose, 3 Steph. Com.

Decantation

The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment or from one vessel into another

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Excess

that the plaintiff trespassed on his land and would not depart when ordered, whereupon he molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force

Cuesta

at the crest of a cliff a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping

Dap

To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water

Decant

To pour off gently as liquor so as not to disturb the sediment or to pour from one vessel into another as

beachlike

having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel of a shore or shoreline Opposite of cliffy

Glacis

A gentle slope or a smooth gently sloping bank especially Fort that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground

Ooze

Soft mud or slime earth so wet as to flow gently or easily yield to pressure

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