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30/04/2024

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DEFUNCTION

Death. [Obs.]After defunction of King Pharamond. Shak.

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CANNON

A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, onwhich it may, however, revolve independently.

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IMPEOPLE

To people; to give a population to. [Obs.]Thou hast helped to impeople hell. Beaumont.

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CAMMAS

See Camass.

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DIALECTICS

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes ofreasoning; the application of logical principles to discursivereasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error;logical discussion.

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DICTAPHONE

A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for usein dictation, as in business.

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PIPE CLAY

A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used inmaking tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouringcloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

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METEMPSYCHOSIS

The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the deathof the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body,whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T.Browne.

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REOTROPE

See Rheotrope.

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EMANCIPATION

The act of setting free from the power of another, fromslavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, thestate of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation ofslaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person fromprejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; theemancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

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SICKLIED

Made sickly. See Sickly, v.

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PHYLARCHY

The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.