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01/04/2024

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TRIMMINGLY

In a trimming manner.

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CHARITY

Defn:Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these ischarity. 1. Cor. xiii. 13.They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the greatcharities . . . lie dead. Ruskin.With malice towards none, with charity for all. Lincoln.

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ILLUSIVENESS

The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

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DEFALCATOR

A defaulter or embezzler. [Modern]

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WIDOW

A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not marriedagain; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." Chaucer.Grass widow. See under Grass.-- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grasswidow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zoöl.), the macavahu.-- Widow monkey (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Callithrixlugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black exceptthe dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure whitearound the face.-- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furnitureof the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she wasformerly entitled.

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TROILITE

Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoricirons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.

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FLESHQUAKE

A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B.Jonson.

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PUNCTUATE

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc.,by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing themeaning.

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COLONY

A number of animals or plants living or growing together,beyond their usual range.

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SYLLOGISTICALLY

In a syllogistic manner.

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ELVE

An old form of Elf.

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PEPSINHYDROCHLORIC

Same as Peptohydrochloric.