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11/01/2024

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PITIER

One who pities. Gauden.

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LINDIFORM

Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insectlarvæ. [See Illust. under Larva.]

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TAGLOCK

An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.

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HAGBUT

A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked forconvenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]

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RHABDOPLEURA

A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have acentralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobedlophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata

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COUDEE

A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end ofthe middle finger; a cubit.

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RADICULOSE

Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets.

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CONJUNCTIVENESS

The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.

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TERMINANT

Termination; ending. [R.] Puttenham.

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MORAVIAN

Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. SeeMoravian, n.

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FORBATHE

To bathe. [Obs.]

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OVERBUILT

Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.