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treasurer of the household
: an officer of the English royal household who has only nominal duties and whose office is filled by a member of the House of Commons, usually one of the principal Government whips
Treasurer of the United States
: an officer of the U.S. Treasury Department having charge of the receipt and keeping of all government moneys and their disbursal upon warrants properly drawn and countersigned
trial of the pyx
turn of the bilge
: the part of the hull between the keel and vertical sides
turn of the market
turn of the scale
: the slight excess in weight that turns a scalepan downward and that usually constitutes an advantage to a buyer
usher of the black rod
: black rod
wandering of the poles
: the change in position of the terrestrial poles within an area not over 40 feet in diameter caused by slight more or less cyclic shifts of the body of the earth on its rotational axis and resulting in the variation of latitude
warden of the peace
way of the wine
: the left-to-right direction in which wine is passed at table
white of the eye
wild lily of the valley
wobbling of the pole
: the slow gyration of the earth's axis in space as a result of lunisolar precession
woman of the bedchamber
: one of a group of ladies of noble family attendant on a British queen or princess and ranking below those bearing the title lady of the bedchamber but having similar duties
woman of the house
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