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29/04/2024

#41887

WHALA

To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov. Eng.& Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.

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HEARTQUAKE

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

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EMPLASTIC

Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as,emplastic applications.

#67140

GRAPNEL

A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to holdboats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple orhold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, andcrapnel.

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OPINIONATELY

Conceitedly. Feltham.

#75706

MISCONSEQUENCE

A wrong consequence; a false deduction.

#35053

HYPERCATALECTIC

Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalecticverse.

#75363

DOYLY

See Doily.

#20866

EXHAUSTIBILITY

Capability of being exhausted.I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility ofmusical combinations. J. S. Mill.

#65732

PULVERIZABLE

Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton.

#74000

OUSTER

A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;disseizin.Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion,disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone.Ouster le main. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law)A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of theking's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.

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ATTITUDE

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.