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30/03/2026

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STUDDING SAIL

A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of avessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to asmall spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. ofSail. Toten.

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HYDROCEPHALIC

Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of thebrain.

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HOMODYNAMY

The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.

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FORGOTTEN

p. p. of Forget.

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VEGETABLE

Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds. { 1.Dicotyledons (called also Exogens).-- Seeds with two or more cotyledons. Stems with the pith, woodyfiber, and bark concentrically arranged. Divided into two subclasses:Angiosperms, having the woody fiber interspersed with dotted orannular ducts, and the seed contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms,having few or no ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2.Monocotyledons (called also Endogens).-- Seeds with single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woodyfiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.} II.Cryptogamia.

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SMELTIE

A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]

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INHOOP

To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak.

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GALPE

To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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MALDANIAN

Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or familyMaldanidæ. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in thesand or mud.

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SCRIPTURAL

Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, orsacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.

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MONODIST

A writer of a monody.

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GELATINE

Same as Gelatin.