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24/06/2024

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EXEGETE

An exegetist.

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GIBBERISH

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaningwords; jargon.He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he hadlearnt to known. Drayton.Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.Hawthorne.

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AMBAGIOUS

Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]

#50628

MARGOSA

A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India.Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressedfrom its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M.Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in theSouthern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride ofChina, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are consideredanthelmintic.The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having apeculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. Sir S. Baker.

#61427

DARDANIAN

Trojan.

#23388

CEDRAT

Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with largefruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

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STREAMLET

A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

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TREEN

pl. of Tree. " The shady treen." Fairfax.

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CAMPANIA

Open country. Sir W. Temple.

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GOODISH

Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole.

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SERPIGINOUS

Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion whilecontinuing to advance at another.

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AMVIS

An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative ofnitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.