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04/06/2026

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SAUTERELLE

An instrument used by masons and others to trace and formangles.

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PAXWAX

The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. Itconnects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervicalvertebræ, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy andpackwax.

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FREQUENTABLE

Accessible. [R.] Sidney.

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DIETHYLAMINE

A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having astrong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf.Methylamine.

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CRACHE

To scratch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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RECONCILEMENT

Reconciliation. Milton.

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PENTANE

Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of themethane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, twoof which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbonatoms in the molecule.

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BAYMAN

In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officiallydesignated as hospital apprentice.

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URANIAN

Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.

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INTERTIE

In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plateor other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.

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PAINTING

The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objectsare represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representationof any object or scene; a picture.

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OUTVIE

To exceed in vying. Dryden.