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18/06/2026

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BOASTANCE

Boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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SCRUBBER

A gas washer. See under Gas.

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APPULSIVELY

By appulsion.

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TURBINACEOUS

Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, orturf; peaty; turfy. Sir. W. Scott.

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LOCULUS

One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

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LINGUATULIDA

Same as Linguatulina.

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SILICOFLUORIDE

A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.

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COMPLIANTLY

In a compliant manner.

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SARCOBASIS

A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which containbut few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.

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PUNG

A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rudeoblong box on runners. [U.S.]Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmountedwith a large crockery crate. Judd.They did not take out the pungs to-day. E. E. Hale.

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SUNDEW

Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves arebeset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid thatglitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After aninsect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leafdigests it. Called also lustwort.

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ANSEROUS

Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.