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The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

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tuition

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                             Superintending                                                         care                                                         over                                                           a                                                         young                                                         person;                                                         the                                                         particular                                                         watch                                                         and                                                         care                                                         of                                                           a                                                         tutor                                                         or                                                         guardian                                                         over                                                         his                                                           pupil                                                         or                                                         ward;                                                         guardianship.                                    

            2.                                           Especially,                                                         the                                                         act,                                                         art,                                                         or                                                         business                                                         of                                                         teaching;                                                         instruction;                                                         as,                                                         children                                                         are                                                         sent                                                         to                                                         school                                                         for                                                           tuition;                                                         his                                                           tuition                                                         was                                                         thorough.                                    

            3.                                           The                                                         money                                                         paid                                                         for                                                         instruction;                                                         the                                                           price                                                         or                                                         payment                                                         for                                                         instruction.                                    

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In arithmetic they were inconceivably dull, and after three months' tuition some of them could not count ten. - "Through Five Republics on Horseback", G. Whitfield Ray.
Third: I hereby give the custody of my infant children during their minority, and while they remain unmarried, to my beloved wife, so long as she remains my widow; but if she shall die or marry again during the infancy of said children, then in that case, I commit their custody and tuition to my friend E. F., of said city and state. - "Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman", Albert Sidney Bolles.
It was a great day when, under tuition of an aged lady and in the privacy of their parlour, they both began to study the elements of Patience. - "The Old Wives' Tale", Arnold Bennett.

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