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13/01/2026

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OUTDARE

To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave. Shak.R. Browning.

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TOP-CLOTH

A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashedto the top in action to protect the topmen.

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BUNGARUM

A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to thecobras, but without a hood.

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PERICLITATE

To endanger. [Obs.]Periclitating, pardi! the whole family. Sterne.

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OBSTRUCTIONIST

One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in alegislative body.-- a.

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MONOCRACY

Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

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SCHISTIC

Schistose.

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MANZANILLA

A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, afine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonlypitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.

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ANASTIGMATIC

Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists ofa converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and oppositeastigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free fromastigmatism.

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OBESITY

The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

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NOSOPHEN

An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless,tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.

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OONES

Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.