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17/07/2026

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WHITETOP

Fiorin.

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FINDER

One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a smalltelescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a largertelescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.

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HARDHACK

A very astringent shrub (Spiræa tomentosa), common in pastures.The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name.

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EXHAUSTURE

Exhaustion. Wraxall.

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SUCROSE

A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants,as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It isextracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuableas a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in thepreservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. Byextension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose,maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.

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SAVANNA

A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usuallyfound in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- butdestitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier.Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbingapocyneous plants of the genus Echites.-- Savanna sparrow (Zoöl.), an American sparrow (Ammodramussandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties arefound on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States.-- Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of thegenus Citharexylum.

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THORN-HEADED

Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm(Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called alsothornhead.

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EXECT

To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect. Harvey.

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EREMITISM

The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.

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SAUREL

Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T.trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus ofCalifornia. Called also skipjack, and horse mackarel.

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MEDDLING

Meddlesome. Macaulay.

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INDAMAGED

Not damaged. [Obs.] Milton.