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11/03/2024

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ERME

To grieve; to feel sad. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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DINGTHRIFT

A spendthrift. [Obs.]Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant.

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SHOGGLE

To joggle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Pegge.

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TANNIN

Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.

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MELANOSPERM

An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seeddust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.-- Mel`a*no*sper"mous, a.

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NEOPLATONISM

A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinuswas the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile thePlatonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tendedto mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greekphilosophy.

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HIPPURITE

A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of manyspecies, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattishupper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceousrocks.

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FILICIC

Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.

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MIMOSA

A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, andincluding the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).

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VITICULOSE

Having long and slender trailing stems.

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TREGETOUR

A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaboratemachinery. [Obs.]Divers appearances Such as these subtle tregetours play. Chaucer.

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IRRESISTIBLY

In an irrestible manner.