noun
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the lower position, status, rank; a wretched condition; a degraded situation.
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a obsequious service.
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a low-birth; an ignoble family.
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gold that is inferior or impure.
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the part of a bridle that goes into a horse's mouth, used to control the horse; a bit of a bridle.
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a piece of land or region whose level is lower than the adjacent one or the one being compared with.