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16/01/2024

#6578

GIPOUN

A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.][Obs.]

#18096

MELANIN

A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin(particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells ofthe external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outerlayer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derivedfrom the decomposition of hemoglobin.

#82981

LYRID

One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air incertain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because theapparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wardscrosses the constellation Lyra.

#61828

CEREBROSCOPY

Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of diseas; esp., theact or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain byexamination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).Buck.

#75001

SUBTORRID

Nearly torrid.

#2406

HARDWAREMAN

One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

#5999

FICTITIOUS

Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; notgenuine; as, fictitious fame.The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope.-- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv.-- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

#77090

SOLA

See Solus.

#40902

JELLY

To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

#49087

GRAMASHES

Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott.

#15362

SWELLDOM

People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.[Jocose]

#61057

PYKAR

An ancient English fishing boat.