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23/01/2026

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COMPUNCTIONLESS

Without compunction.

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CLOTTY

Full of clots, or clods. "Clotty matter." Harvey.

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HILTED

Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted,cross-hilted.

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REPAGANIZE

To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

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DROSSLESS

Free from dross. Stevens.

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SATURNALIA

the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originallyduring one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period ofunrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even tothe slaves.

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DISCODACTYLOUS

Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

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POROUS

Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in thesubstance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids;permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins ofporous earth." Milton.

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LANDLOCK

To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, withland.

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CROUPY

Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as,a croupy cough.

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MESH

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.

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SHAWL

A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or othertextile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loosecovering for the neck and shoulders. India shawl, a kind of richshawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is wovenin pieces, which are sewed together.-- Shawl goat (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.