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04/05/2026

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ABIDANCE

ABIDANCE

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine.Fuller.A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

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TRAINEL

TRAINEL

A dragnet. [Obs.] Holland.

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BLOND METAL

BLOND METAL

A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, usedfor making tools.

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FROTH

FROTH

To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beerfroths; a horse froths.

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KECKLISH

KECKLISH

Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland.

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OLIGOSEPALOUS

OLIGOSEPALOUS

Having few sepals.

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THALLATE

THALLATE

A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.

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FOLIOLE

FOLIOLE

One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

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UNVITIATED

UNVITIATED

Not vitiated; pure.

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DEFRAUDATION

DEFRAUDATION

The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

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PROJECTION

PROJECTION

The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially,the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such adelineation as would result were the chief points of the objectthrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawnthrough it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, theprojection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differaccording to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection ineach.

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ALEMBIC

ALEMBIC

An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made ofglass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and wormstill.Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination.Brimley.