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31/05/2024

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BACKWOODS

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

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INCEND

To inflame; to excite. [Obs.] Marston.

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TAMELY

In a tame manner.

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COEQUALITY

The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.

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LACKER

One who lacks or is in want.

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VENDUE

A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; anauction. [Obsoles.] Vendue master, one who is authorized to sell anyproperty by vendue; an auctioneer. [Obsoles.]

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NEOZOIC

More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including theMesozoic and Cenozoic.

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MANIPULATOR

One who manipulates

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BENJAMITE

A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg.iii. 15.

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ONION

A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A.cepa), having astrong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to otherspecies of the genus. Onion fish (Zoöl.), the grenadier.-- Onion fly (Zoöl.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon theonion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa.-- Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol.-- Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genusAllium.

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EASTERLY

Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

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YARELY

In a yare manner. [Obs.] Shak.