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11/01/2026

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MALA

Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. Mala in se Etym:[L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at commonlaw, irrespective of statute.-- Mala prohibita Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.

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WHIPGRAFT

To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner.See Whip grafting, under Grafting.

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REVOKER

One who revokes.

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RESTIFFNESS

Restiveness. [Obs.]

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DIE

To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldingsare lost in a sloped or curved face.

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TRITURE

A rubbing or grinding; trituration. [Obs.] Cheyne.

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CALIPH

Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammedboth as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans ofTurkey, [Writting also calif.]

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ARBITRESS

A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton.

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DOGGEREL

Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.

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PANTOLOGIST

One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.

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HYACINTH

A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab),related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.

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DEUTEROCANONICAL

Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing ofinferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.