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29/06/2024

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TOME

TOME

As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of alarger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.Tomes of fable and of dream. Cowper.A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is notto be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.

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GALEA

GALEA

The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.

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INERADICABLE

INERADICABLE

Incapable of beingThe bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton.

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HEBETUDE

HEBETUDE

Dullness; stupidity. Harvey.

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SPICOSE

SPICOSE

Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.

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CIPHERER

CIPHERER

One who ciphers.

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DOLL

DOLL

A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

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TUNNAGE

TUNNAGE

See Tonnage.

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WOODKNACKER

WOODKNACKER

The yaffle.

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DORYPHOROS

DORYPHOROS

A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in theattitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of thissubject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.

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BRANGLEMENT

BRANGLEMENT

Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]

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FOREBY

FOREBY

Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.