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31/05/2026

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TOMPON

An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

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PHOTO-ETCHING

A photo-engraving produced by any process involving the etchingof the plate.

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COMPELLATIVE

The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

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HYPERCRITIC

One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic;a captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." Dryden.

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IRREFUTABLE

Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.-- Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness, n.-- Ir`re*fut"a*bly, adv.

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COMPENSE

To compensate. [Obs.] Bacon.

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DARING

Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

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METRONOMY

Measurement of time by an instrument.

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DEPRAVITY

The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state ofmoral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind orheart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity.See Original sin, and Calvinism.

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BLUFF-BOWED

Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

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COMPANABLE

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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ASTAY

An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle isformed between the cable and the surface of the water.