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10/06/2026

#76338

INOCULAR

Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn

#36427

ATHENIAN

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.-- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

#54057

CRISSCROSS-ROW

See Christcross-row.

#29231

HAZELWORT

The asarabacca.

#31043

BETHINK

To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection,reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generallyfollowed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before thesubject of thought.I have bethought me of another fault. Shak.The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton.We bethink a means to break it off. Shak.

#180

TIRING-ROOM

The room or place where players dress for the stage.

#53307

PANTOPHAGOUS

Eating all kinds of food.

#48969

WAY

Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer. To do way, to take away; toremove. [Obs.] "Do way your hands." Chaucer.-- To make way with, to make away with. See under Away. [Archaic]

#6954

UXORIAL

Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious;also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach orindignation, but of uxorial endearment. Geddes.

#17878

SQUADRONED

Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton.

#57396

DOVETAIL

A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread),and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making aninterlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part inall directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of anyconvex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series ofdovetails.-- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

#65769

REGREDE

To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.[R.] Todhunter.