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28/02/2024

#25914

NONE

Same as Nones, 2.

#77635

ALBUMINOSE

A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action ofnatural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

#33104

SLOUCH

To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouththe hat.

#17842

REPLEADER

A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right ofpleading again.Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo.Blackstone.

#56627

CURABILITY

The state of being curable; curableness.

#43738

VILLANAGE

The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure oncondition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sensewritten also villenage, and villeinage.]I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a perpetual villanage,never to be manumitted. Milton.Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the curious so lateas the days of the Stuarts. Macaulay.

#84925

INCALCULABLE

Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; verygreat.-- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n.-- In*cal"cu*la*bly, adv.

#53090

MUMM

To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.

#1801

DAMASCENE

Of or relating to Damascus.

#61528

OLEANDER

A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, havingclusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the EastIndies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe.Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

#59904

SPLUTTERER

One who splutters.

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GUERDONLESS

Without reward or guerdon.