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07/09/2026

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DAUW

The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa(Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.

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METHYLAMINE

See Methyl amine, under Methyl.

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GRIZZLE

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak.

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EQUIVOCATE

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to expressone's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intentto deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as,to equivocate is the work of duplicity.All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant toequivocate. Bp. Stillingfleet.

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ALOOFNESS

State of being aloof. Rogers (1642).The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

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BETOSS

To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "Mybetossed soul." Shak.

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ROINISH

See Roynish. [Obs.]

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WHIG

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweetherbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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PSELLISM

Indistinct pronunciation; stammering.

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TACAUD

The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]

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WREATHE

To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower ofwreathing trees. Dryden.

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LATINISTIC

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin styleor idiom. "Latinistic words." Fitzed. Hall.