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03/05/2024

#73500

SEA GRASS

Eelgrass.

#51629

ROTUNDA

A round building; especially, one that is round both on theoutside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, butvery commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of theCapitol at Washington.

#37340

DISCURSIST

A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.

#20602

LOPPING

A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.

#21765

AVOCADO

The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropicalAmerica. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- calledalso avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

#31672

CUSHEWBIRD

The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

#25634

SUBJECTLESS

Having no subject.

#72883

VERISIMILITUDE

The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance oftruth; probability; likelihood.Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledgeis dear and difficult. Glanvill.All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.

#14911

FIBRILLATED

Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

#15364

INSESSOR

One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the commonsinging birds.

#80870

DIDO

A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play atrick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido,who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to havecut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

#1758

DISPERMOUS

Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.