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02/12/2025

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DAGGLE-TAIL

A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

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SEXAGESIMA

The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about thesixtieth day before Easter.

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EXPERIMENTALLY

By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.

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INOPPORTUNE

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportuneoccurrence, remark, etc.No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook.

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MEMBER

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

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GLUMLY

In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

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GODLESS

Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God;impious; wicked.-- God"less*ly, adv.-- God"less*ness, n.

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SAVANT

A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; aperson eminent for acquirements.

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CLECHE

Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of thecolor of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the firstbearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. CompareVoided.

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BRASS

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass.A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter isgenerally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, andBearing.

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ASSECURATION

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

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LEGALIST

One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; intheology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).