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03/01/2024

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EXCURSIVE

Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, anexcursive fancy.The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor.-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv.-- Ex*cur"sive*ness, , n.

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TURBITH

See Turpeth.

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KYMOGRAPHIC

Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing.

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CALIPPIC

Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippicperiod, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as animprovement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metoniccycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235lunations by something more.

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LAAS

A lace. See Lace. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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CREATABLE

That may be created.

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CARVOL

One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.

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GARBOIL

Tumult; disturbance; disorder. [Obs.] Shak.

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ILLIMITED

Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall.-- Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n.The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generallymuch spoken of. Clarendon.

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STEE

A ladder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [Written also stey.]

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PICHURIM BEAN

The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) ofa taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, --sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.

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SYRINGOCOELE

The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.