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26/06/2024

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PARAVAIL

PARAVAIL

At the bottom; lowest. Cowell.

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PICKTHANK

PICKTHANK

One who strives to put another under obligation; an officiousperson; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak.

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SUBROTUND

SUBROTUND

Somewhat rotund.

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FOREORDINATION

FOREORDINATION

Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination;predestination.

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MANILLE

MANILLE

See 1st Manilla, 1.

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RECOMBINE

RECOMBINE

To combine again.

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ANTHOPHORE

ANTHOPHORE

The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx andcorolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

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PATERNALISM

PATERNALISM

The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternalgovernment, under Paternal. London Times.

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OBE

OBE

See Obi.

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CHALK

CHALK

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowishwhite color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the samecomposition as common limestone.

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MEATUS

MEATUS

A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus.See Illust. of Ear.

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CRINOIDEA

CRINOIDEA

A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinctfamilies and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of thefossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointedstem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.