Term: stamp act: an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
Candidate hypernym: legislative act: an act passed by a legislative body → 1
Candidate hypernym: menhir: a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France → 0
Candidate hypernym: thrips: any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive → 0
Candidate hypernym: gentianaceae: chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals → 0
Candidate hypernym: awlwort: small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal → 0
Candidate hypernym: jalousie: a shutter made of angled slats → 0
Candidate hypernym: razor: edge tool used in shaving → 0
Candidate hypernym: proportion: the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree → 0
Candidate hypernym: animal skin: the outer covering of an animal → 0
Candidate hypernym: cedi: the basic unit of money in Ghana → 0
Candidate hypernym: cathedra: a throne that is the official chair of a bishop → 0