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21/03/2024

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THRITTENE

Thirteen. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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RAJ

Reign; rule. [India]

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UNASSUMING

Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming;humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassumingmanners.

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SUBSISTENCY

Subsistence. [R.]

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SELF-INDULGENT

Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

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SPLENOID

Resembling the spleen; spleenlike.

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RAGTIME

Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies.[Colloq.]

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LIPOTHYMOUS

Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.

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DEGLAZE

To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as togive a dull finish.

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PERTINACITY

The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy;perseverance; persistency. Macaulay.

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PASSINGLY

Exceedingly. Wyclif.

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QUARTER

The encampment on one of the principal passages round a placebesieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.(i) (Naut.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generallycorresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of theyardarm outside of the slings.(j) (Her.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is dividedinto four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meetingin the fess point.