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31/08/2026

#105

RINGBIRD

The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Calledalso ring bunting.

#18288

RESPECTER

One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards orjudges with partiality.Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.34.

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REGISTERING

Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus whichregisters; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.

#45337

YAJUR-VEDA

See Veda.

#68801

SEMILAPIDIFIED

Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.

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IMMACULATE

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did nothold One more immaculate. Denham.Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. Shak.Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Marywas conceived without original sin.-- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv.-- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.

#32138

VALERIANIC

Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically,designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.

#7984

LIGE

To lie; to tell lies. [Obs.]

#20845

BANDERILLERO

One who thrusts in the banderillas in bullfighting. W. D.Howells.

#56844

DRIER

Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oilpainting to make it dry quickly.

#67830

JEEL

A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] [India]Whitworth.

#49

HARELD

The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.