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26/03/2024

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SLAY

To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill;to put an end to; to destroy.With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer.I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1.I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.

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EGG SQUASH

A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

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PICIFORM

Of or pertaining to Piciformes.

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DENTITION

The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

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HECTARE

A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares,or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

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EUDIOMETER

An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- sonamed because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

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UNFESTLICH

Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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SCRAGGEDNESS

Quality or state of being scragged.

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CLARICHORD

A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; --called also manichord and clavichord.

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GUGGLE

See Gurgle.

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FOUR-WHEELER

A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]

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RUPTUARY

One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [R.]The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ("roturiers," for history mustfind a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from theorder of nobility. Chenevix.