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14/04/2024
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LONG-TONGUE
LONG-TONGUE
The wryneck.
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DOMINA
DOMINA
Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies whoheld a barony in their own right. Burrill.
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RATH
RATH
Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. orPoetic]Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.
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TERMINER
TERMINER
A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
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CURASSOW
CURASSOW
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax,etc., of the family Cracidæ.
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BRIAR
BRIAR
Same as Brier.
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STIFF-TAILED
STIFF-TAILED
Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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PENDICLER
PENDICLER
An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.]Jamieson.
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RESTRAINER
RESTRAINER
One who, or that which, restrains.
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INDECENCE
INDECENCE
See Indecency. [Obs.] "An indecence of barbarity." Bp. Burnet.
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MOONET
MOONET
A little moon. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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MELAIN
MELAIN
The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.