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25/05/2026

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HALF-HATCHED

Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

#303

TRANSPECIATE

To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.]Power to transpeciate a man into a horse. Sir T. Browne.

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ZOIDE

See Meride.

#70102

NEWTONIAN

Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- appliedto the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia,"to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theoriesof Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematicaltheory of universal gravitation.-- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in whichrays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placeddiagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrownat right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image isformed and viewed through the eyeplace.-- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.

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AVES

The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.

#37401

UNPERFECT

To mar or destroy the perfection of. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

#1809

COLIC

A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. Hepaticcolic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone fromthe liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.-- Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention ofthe intestines by gas.-- Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic,associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic leadpoisoning.-- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of acalculus from the kidney through the ureter.-- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.

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SCORIOUS

Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne.

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REE

See Rei.

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ASSYRIOLOGY

The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., ofancient Assyria.

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BUNCH

A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from acontinuous vein. Page.

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PREMOSAIC

Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.