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15/04/2024

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CHROMOPHOTOGRAPH

A picture made by any of the processes for reproducingphotographs in colors. --Chro`mo*pho`to*graph"ic (#), a.

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CONGREVE ROCKET

See under Rocket.

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INJUNCTION

A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insomecases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is requiredto do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to theexigency of the writ.

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ADJACENTLY

So as to be adjacent.

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TITULARY

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds anoffice or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

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FAVORITE

Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in thereign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar.

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TUMBLEWEED

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in theautumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over thefields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus,etc.

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AMITOSIS

Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of thenucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation ofchromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct celldivision; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode ofdivision, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highlyspecialized cells which are incapable of long-continuedmultiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in earlystages of degeneration.

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PROLL

To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.] Barrow.

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WAIT-A-BIT

Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hookedappendages, which catch and tear the clothing, as:(a) The greenbrier.(b) Any of various species of hawthorn.(c) In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas.(d) The grapple plant.(e) The prickly ash.

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SCRUBBOARD

A baseboard; a mopboard.

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HAMMOCHRYSOS

A stone with spangles of gold color in it.