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27/01/2026

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BATZ

A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly currentin some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about fourcents.

#80810

GOOSEBERRY

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berriesof such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossulariais the one commonly cultivated.

#18381

OVERFATIGUE

Excessive fatigue.

#12357

DEATHWARD

Toward death.

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LISTING

The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

#83824

FLAXSEED

The seed of the flax; linseed.

#35322

TCHICK

A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue againstthe roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at oneside, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i.

#27034

SMOOTH-CHINNED

Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.

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SOMETHING

, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some exrent; at somedistance. Shak.I something fear my father's wrath. Shak.We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expectedformerly. Burke.My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson.It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. Shak.

#11337

CACODYLIC

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. Cacodylic acid, awhite, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained bythe oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedinglystable acid; -- also called alkargen.

#36498

ABSENTEE

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, orduty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country ordistrict than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irishabsentee. Macaulay.

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MYCOSE

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained fromcertain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose. [Written alsomykose.]