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01/05/2024

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INFAMY

That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convictincurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as awitness.

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BUSINESS

The position, distribution, and order of persons and propertieson the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager inrehearsal.

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BRAYING

Making a harsh noise; blaring. "Braying trumpets." Shak.

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OUTGUARD

A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the mainbody of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence,anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to bedefended.

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UNDERTENANT

The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of atenant or lessee.

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NOWEL

A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediæval origin, sung in honorof the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol. Grove.

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VERSO

The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet ofpaper; -- opposed to recto.

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STACK

To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile;as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. Tostack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together,with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conicalpile.

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PHOTOMETRY

That branch of science which treats of the measurement of theintensity of light.

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ENDODERM

Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

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COPULATE

Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March.

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TERSANCTUS

An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word "Holy" --in its Latin form, "Sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass ofthe Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration inthe communion service of the Church of England and the ProtestantEpiscopal Church. Cf. Trisagion.