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19/03/2024

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BEHEADAL

,n.Beheading. [Modern]

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REISSUABLE

Capable of being reissued.

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SIPHON

To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid fromone vessel to another at a lower level.

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THINKER

One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in aparticular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherentthinker.

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ENAMEL

A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

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TREFLE

A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form toa trefoil.

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JEW

Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah;after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the newstate; a Hebrew; an Israelite. Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, orbenzoin.-- Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius)cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for itsfiber.-- Jew's pitch, asphaltum; bitumen.-- The Wandering Jew, an imaginary personage, who, for his crueltyto the Savior during his passion, is doomed to wander on the earthtill Christ's second coming.

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SIMULATORY

Simulated, or capable of being simulated. Bp. Hall.

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ROUGHSTRINGS

Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a woodenstair for their support.

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SAYING

That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially aproverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern booksenrolled. Milton.

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IMPIGNORATE

To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.

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MANHES PROCESS

A process by which copper matte is treated by passing throughit a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous inapparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. Socalled from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it.