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23/05/2024

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ENCOURAGER

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

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HEARTACHE

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

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WATER-BEARER

The constellation Aquarius.

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YEZDEGERDIAN

Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch ofPersia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdianera, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is stillused by the Parsees.

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PATISSERIE

Pastry. Sterne.

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BLACKFIN

See Bluefin.

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TABLEAU VIVANT

Same as Tableau, n., 2.

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MUDDY-HEADED

Dull; stupid.

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DENSELY

In a dense, compact manner.

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ECHINODERMATA

One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By manywriters it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written alsoEchinoderma.]

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AMIANTHUS

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

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GUNJAH

See Ganja.