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02/01/2024

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COCKADE

A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, andgenerally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military ornaval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of thelivery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military ornaval officer.Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Burke.

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WRIG

To wriggle. [Obs.] Skelton.

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INADMISSIBILITY

The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to bereceived.

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LATTICE

The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing,the bands being vertical and horizontal. Lattice bridge, a bridgesupported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.-- Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists ofdiagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.-- Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandrafenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs andcross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O.Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.

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NAPHTHENE

A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasianpetroleum.

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RESCUABLE

That may be rescued.

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HEXAGONALLY

In an hexagonal manner.

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GAWN

A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

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HEAVENWARD

Toward heaven.

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PROOF-PROOF

Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might haveshown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.

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PELLICLE

A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.

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IMPLEX

Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is calledsimple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when thefortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good tobad. Addison.