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06/09/2026

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FISHHOOK

A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle ishooked. Dana.

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SEMITONTINE

Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine lifeinsurance. See Tontine insurance. --Sem`i*ton*tine", n.

#23364

STOMP

To stamp with the foot. [Colloq.] "In gallant procession, thepriests mean to stomp." R. Browning.

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RUBIRETIN

One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, andprobably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

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METAZOIC

Of or pertaining to the Metazoa.

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PERFECTIBILITY

The quality or state of being perfectible.

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COLLIMATION

The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of thesights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into itsproper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. Errorof collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of anastronomical instrument from the position it ought to have withrespect to the axis of motion of the instrument.-- Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of anastronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes throughthe optical center of the object glass and the intersection of thecross wires at its focus.

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COLLETERIAL

Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

#40732

BUILDER

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as acarpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between thearchitect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng.Cyc.

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LAKEWEED

The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant ofEurope and North America.

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SEXTON

An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care ofthe church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging tothe church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to performother duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ringthe bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zoöl.), a burying beetle.

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BRUME

Mist; fog; vapors. "The drifting brume." Longfellow.