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18/02/2024

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BOTHRENCHYMA

Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen inmany kinds of wood.

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MANIPULATE

To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work;specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used inscientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.

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SMUGNESS

The quality or state of being smug.

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ATTAR

A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrantessential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written ottoand ottar.]

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GUINEA-PIG DIRECTOR

A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) whoserves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paidfor attendance. [Colloq.]

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BUNDES-VERSAMMLUNG

See Legislature, Switzerland.

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RESTINESS

The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.]The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.

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DAUW

The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa(Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.

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QUICKSILVERED

Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilverand tinfoil.

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OBLATRATION

The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall.

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BACKGAMMON

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board"marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player hasfifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to pointare determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammonboard , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of tworectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".

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HARTBEEST

A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerlymuch more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked withblack, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]