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09/03/2024

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STEPPED

Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets orparts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key. Steppedgear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series ofsteps.

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METABOLISIS

Metabolism. [R.]

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CRACK

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.[Colloq.]One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens.

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INCLUSA

A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed stateof the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredonavalis) is an example.

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ALGEBRAICALLY

By algebraic process.

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DUCHESS

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has thesovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

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DEVILKIN

A little devil; a devilet.

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OPITULATION

The act of helping or aiding; help. [Obs.] Bailey.

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BEPAINT

To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shak.

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GABLE

A cable. [Archaic] Chapman.

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UNCAMP

To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp. [R.]If they could but now uncamp their enemies. Milton.

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SUCCENTOR

A subchanter.