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17/01/2026

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STELMATOPODA

Same as Gymnolæmata.

#11274

JUREL

A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranxchrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish;-- called also hardtail, horse crevallé, jack, buffalo jack,skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel.Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes calledjurel.

#70412

WIT-CRACKER

One who breaks jests; a joker. [Obs.] Shak.

#4349

LAVE

To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.

#17947

LEFUL

See Leveful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

#31409

MERITOT

A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, tillthey are dizzy.

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CRANKINESS

Crankness. Lowell.

#12597

GLEEK

An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.

#4189

PRECAUTIOUS

Taking or using precaution; precautionary.-- Pre*cau"tious*ly, adv.-- Pre*cau"*tious*ness, n.

#27601

FELLINIC

Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinicacid.

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REFRIGERATION

The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state ofbeing cooled.

#53801

ODIN

The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden,of the German tribes.There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great Odin stood.Longfellow.