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17/04/2024

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RICINOLEIN

The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as acharacteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.

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SOKE

See Soc.

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BLOODSUCKER

Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudomedicinalis), and related species.

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LOVEABLE

See Lovable.

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FALSE-FACED

Hypocritical. Shak.

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CONFECTIONARY

A confectioner. [Obs.]He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1Sam. viii. 13.

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RE-COLLECT

To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.Barrow.

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LABOROUS

Laborious. [Obs.] Wyatt.-- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

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ENVELOP

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within acase, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, toenvelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips.

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DETERSIVE

Cleansing; detergent.-- n.

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CREPE

Same as Crape.

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SEQUOIA

A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, SequoiaWashingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, andS. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.