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05/07/2026

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VENGEFUL

Vindictive; retributive; revengeful. "Vengeful ire." Milton.-- Venge"ful*ly, adv.

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CHAMBERLAINSHIP

Office if a chamberlain.

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ENDOGNATH

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages ofCrustacea. See Maxilla.

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ZAFFER

A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sandor quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobaltoxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelainpainting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and isoften confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, asit contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixturesof zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.[Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]

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EQUIVALENTLY

In an equal manner.

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APPETITIVE

Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitivepower or faculty. Sir M. Hale.

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SPARER

One who spares.

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EMBRASURE

An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.

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ENWALL

See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.

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TAURYLIC

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neatcattle, and probably identical with cresol.

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STAGE-STRUCK

Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire tobecome an actor.

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CRUMPET

A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, andcooked on a griddle or spider.