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25/06/2026

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JUDICATIVE

Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.Hammond.

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CAPE

A piece or point of land, extending beyind the adjacent coastinto the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo(Zoöl.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (BubalusCaffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa.See Buffalo, 2.-- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine.-- Cape pigeon (Zoöl.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off theCape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon.-- Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] -- The Cape, the Capeof Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa.Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.

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GALENITE

Galena; lead ore.

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CUMBRIAN

Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocksfound there. Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke systemof rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- socalled because most prominent at Cumberland.

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EPIPHONEME

Epiphonema. [R.]

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TUBERIFEROUS

Producing or bearing tubers.

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WHITE SLAVE

A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes ofprostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.

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ALLISION

The act of dashing against, or striking upon.The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

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NIBBLE

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; toeat slowly or in small bits.Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak.

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INTELLECTUALITY

Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of beingintellectual.

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NUTRITURE

Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] Harvey.

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VENERATOR

One who venerates. Jer. Taylor