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09/02/2024

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READEPTION

A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] Bacon.

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SNAILFISH

See Sea snail (a).

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NOCTILUCOUS

Shining in the night.

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WISHTONWISH

The prairie dog.

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FLACCIDITY

The state of being flaccid.

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GANTLOPE

See Gantlet. [Obs.]

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TROUSE

Trousers. [Obs.] Spenser.

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CONVOLUTION

An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, theconvolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

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AMPHIBOLOUS

Capable of two meanings.An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, notfrom the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting ofa double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shalldepose." Whately.

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REGIVE

To give again; to give back.

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INVERTED

Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when foldedback upon themselves by upheaval. Inverted arch (Arch.), an archplaced with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.

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IMMOBILIZE

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturallymobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffenedbandages.