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06/03/2024
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OVERGROUND
OVERGROUND
Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of aplant.
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CAMPANIA
CAMPANIA
Open country. Sir W. Temple.
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WHIPSTICK
WHIPSTICK
Whip handle; whipstock.
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PIATION
PIATION
The act of making atonement; expiation. [Obs.]
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HAYWARD
HAYWARD
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattlefrom breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is toimpound animals found running at large.
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TORROCK
TORROCK
A gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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INFIRMATIVE
INFIRMATIVE
Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.]
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MULTISECT
MULTISECT
Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect ormyriapod.
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MILL-SIXPENCE
MILL-SIXPENCE
A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the firstEnglish coins milled (1561).
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FAMILIARNESS
FAMILIARNESS
Familiarity. [R.]
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DOWNWEIGH
DOWNWEIGH
To weigh or press down.A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. Longfellow.
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AXIAL
AXIAL
Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; orto the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axialline (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passingfrom one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.