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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.