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15/10/2026

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CONSECRATION

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of beingconsecrated; dedication.Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33.Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares itso. South.

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LITERALITY

The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne.

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PONIBILITY

The capability of being placed or located. [Obs.] Barrow.

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SPECKSIONEER

The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck,or blubber; -- so called among whalers.

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CALUMBA

The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculuspalmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bittertaste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo,columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis,also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine asbitter tonic in place of calumba.

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MURRE

Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, orCatarractes; a guillemot.

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PREJUDICACY

Prejudice; prepossession. [Obs.] Sir. H. Blount.

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ANNUITANT

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

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GLUTTONY

Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite forfood; voracity.Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.

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MESSMATE

An associate in a mess.

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PEDICLE

Same as Pedicel.

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OMPHALOMANCY

Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how manychildren the mother may have. Crabb.