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04/05/2024

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LAMBASTE

To beat severely. [Low] Nares.

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SUFFICIENCE

Sufficiently. [Obs.]

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COMPOUND CONTROL

A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of arudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in differentdirections, of a single lever, etc.

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SUCCEDANEUM

One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; thatwhich is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.),

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WATER SHIELD

An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floatingoval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

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GULY

Of or pertaining to gules; red. "Those fatal guly dragons."Milton.

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SHOAL

A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- saidespecially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. "Great shoals of people."Bacon.Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.

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MILLIARY

Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting amile or miles.A milliary column, from which they used to compute the distance ofall the cities and places of note. Evelyn.

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LITHOGRAPH

To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as totransfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design;to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

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REOPPOSE

To oppose again.

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LACONICAL

See Laconic, a.

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DRESSMAKING

The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.