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13/04/2026

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CABLING

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilasterwith reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollowsof the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of theheight of the shaft.

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DROOPINGLY

In a drooping manner.

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RADIOTELEGRAPHY

Telegraphy using the radiant energy of electrical (Hertzian)waves; wireless telegraphy; -- the term adopted for use by theRadiotelegraphic Convention of 1912.

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DESERVER

One who deserves.

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INDULGENT

Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetitesof those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining;tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak.The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller.The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden.

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BOILARY

See Boilery.

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CAVALIERISM

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

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RUDDOCK

The European robin. "The tame ruddock and the coward kite."Chaucer.

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BOURSE

An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet forbusiness at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

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REVOLVENCY

The act or state of revolving; revolution. [Archaic]Its own revolvency upholds the world. Cowper.

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SPILL

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory,etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] Spenser.

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TURK

The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.Turk's cap. (Bot.) (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily. (b) A tulip.(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See Melon cactus,under Melon.-- Turk's head. (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on arope with a piece of small line. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) (Bot.) SeeTurk's cap (c) above.-- Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.