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23/03/2024

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LIAS

The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; aname given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestonesunderlying the Oölite. See the Chart of Geology.

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QUADRANGLE

A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides;any figure having four angles.

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KERAMICS

Same as Ceramics.

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HELVETIAN

Same as Helvetic.-- n.

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CRABER

The water rat. Walton.

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VATICINATION

Prediction; prophecy.It is not a false utterance; it is a true, though an impetuous,vaticination. I. Taylor.

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LADEN

Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Is. i. 4.A ship laden with gold. Shak.

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PENNACHED

Variegated; striped. [Obs.] Evelyn.

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PANTALET

One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children andwomen; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming belowthe knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

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WOODCUT

An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut,under Wood.

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ROADSIDE

Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highwaythat borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

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INFERABLE

Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Writtenalso inferrible.] H. Spencer.A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. Burke.