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13/02/2024

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DARKENER

DARKENER

One who, or that which, darkens.

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ILLEGALITY

ILLEGALITY

The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as,the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegalact.

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PERIOSTRACUM

PERIOSTRACUM

A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; --called also epidermis.

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STRAGGLINGLY

STRAGGLINGLY

In a straggling manner.

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RIKSDALER

RIKSDALER

A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerlythe unit of value in Sweden.

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SHINDLE

SHINDLE

A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.

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OVERHEAT

OVERHEAT

To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.

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CONSOLIDATION

CONSOLIDATION

To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

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MARCONIGRAPH

MARCONIGRAPH

The apparatus used in Marconi wireless telegraphy.

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ORATORICAL

ORATORICAL

Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized byoratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratoricaltriumph; an oratorical essay.-- Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.

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LESBIAN

LESBIAN

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, nowMitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

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BONDMAID

BONDMAID

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, asdistinguished from a hired servant.