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30/12/2025

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HINGE

To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to dependchiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; --usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I.Taylor

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CHIASTOLITE

A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tesselatedapperance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement ofimpurities in the crystal.

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EPIBOLIC

Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination.See under Invagination.

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CRUP

Short; brittle; as, crup cake. Todd.

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INFANTLY

Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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OPTIMATE

Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n.

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TIRONIAN

Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to havebeen introduced by him into ancient Rome.

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COYOTILLO

A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of thesouthwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to bepoisonous to the coyote.

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COOLING

Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The coolingbrook." Goldsmith. Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.]-- Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all thecircumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passionpreviously provoked. Wharton.

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ANTIVACCINATIONIST

An antivaccinist.

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SOUTHSAY

See Soothsay. [Obs.]

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PAVESADE

A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side ofa vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy theoperations on board.