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29/05/2026

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BEDDED

Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arrangedin a bed or beds.

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TECTLY

Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.] Holinshed.

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ELATERITE

A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft,flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elasticbitumen.

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OVER-GARMENT

An outer garment.

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SUPERROYAL

Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing andwriting paper. See the Note under Paper, n.

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LACKEY

An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak.Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of anybombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) isstriped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back.The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonlycalled tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.-- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackeycaterpillar.

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RULING

A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oraldecision, as in excluding evidence.

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EMPTION

The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot.

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RAMPAGE

Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, ordebauchery; as, to be on the rampage. [Prov. or Low.] Dickens.

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DUFFEL

A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.[Written also duffle.]Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth.

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ECONOMIZE

To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend withfrugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.]Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ).Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.

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DINOXIDE

Same as Dioxide.