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24/03/2026

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GLOSSANTHRAX

A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in themouth and on the tongue.

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APOSTEMATE

To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman.

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RATIONAL

Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of acompound; graphic; -- said of formulæ. See under Formula. Rationalhorizon. (Astron.) See Horizon, 2 (b).-- Rational quantity (Alg. ), one that can be expressed without theuse of a radical sign, or in extract parts of unity; -- opposed toirrational or radical quantity.-- Rational symptom (Med.), one elicited by the statements of thepatient himself and not as the result of a physical examination.

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INVOLUCELLATE

Furnished with involucels.

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ANHELATION

Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

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TWAIN

Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetryand burlesque. "Children twain." Chaucer.And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.Matt. v. 41.In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder.When old winder split the rocks in twain. Dryden.-- Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus.

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ACCORDANCY

Accordance. [R.] Paley.

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HYDROBROMIDE

A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguishedfrom a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base.

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MONOECIA

A Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are indistinct flowers in the same plant.

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MOPE

To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton.A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.

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INTERNUNCIUS

Internuncio.

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TOYHOUSE

A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.