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04/01/2024

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PROCESSIVE

Proceeding; advancing.Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.

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INSINUANT

Insinuating; insinuative. [Obs.]

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HORTYARD

An orchard. [Obs.]

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TOTALIZER

Same as Totalizator.

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GUESTWISE

In the manner of a guest.

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TEREDINE

A borer; the teredo.

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ARNICIN

An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.

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INCORPOREAL

Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actualvisible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense;intangible; -- opposed to corporeal. Incorporeal hereditament. Seeunder Hereditament.

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EVERLASTING

A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form orcolor, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), theimmortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.

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TOWARDLY

Same as Toward, a., 2.He's towardly and will come on apace. Dryden.

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SOWN

p. p. of Sow.

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STINKSTONE

One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, whichemit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.