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29/03/2024

#50126

PITCH-DARK

Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.

#20168

RENCONTRE

Same as Rencounter, n.

#56266

BLACKCAP

An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiledcustard.

#62885

TEDESCO

German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.

#54009

INFUCATION

The act of painting or staining, especially of painting theface.

#2437

DROUTH

Same as Drought. Sandys.Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon.One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the currentstream. Milton.In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.

#27165

CONTRAYERVA

A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South Americanplant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as agentle stimulant and tonic.

#76327

ILLIBERALITY

The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.

#32381

-LET

A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet,armlet.

#30764

DEMAGOG

Demagogue.

#42430

TRANSPLENDENCY

Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.

#33653

PING

The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or inpassing through the air.