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23/06/2024

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PODOPHTHALMITE

The eyestalk of a crustacean.

#6823

FIN KEEL

A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling inshape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb oflead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is toballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind andto make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance tolateral motion through the water.

#6462

THURGH

Through. [Obs.] Chaucer.

#71700

STROOT

To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] Chapman.

#42874

COUNTRY COUSIN

A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliarwith city manners and sights.

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VERST

A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.[Written also werst.]

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PAUNCHY

Pot-bellied. [R.] Dickens.

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UNDERTONE

A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud thanusual.

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STRANGLER

One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of theiramity." Shak.

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EUTERPEAN

Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.

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TOUR

A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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CUNEATIC

Cuneiform. "Cuneatic decipherment." Sayce.