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22/07/2026

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WASH DRAWING

In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in,washes, as distinguished from that done in stipple, in body color,etc.

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PAWNBROKER

One who makes a business of lending money on the security ofpersonal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

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IMPENNOUS

Having no wings, as some insects.

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DEWCLAW

In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw orsmall hoof not reaching the ground.Some cut off the dewclaws [of greyhounds]. J. H. Walsh.

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CYPRUSLAWN

Same as Cyprus. Milton.

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TRUSTEE PROCESS

The process of attachment by garnishment. [U. S.]

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INTERTROPICAL

Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.

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TABULA

One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certaincorals and hydroids. Tabula rasa ( Etym: [L.], a smoothed tablet;hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receivingimpressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, andothers, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innateideas.

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SIZE

Six.

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BULL

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male ofany large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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MIRZA

The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname ofan individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.

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HEPATIZATION

Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]