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03/07/2024

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SUBMISSLY

In a submissive manner; with a submission. [Archaic] Jer.Taylor.

#2336

GRAFTER

An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

#7145

SLINK

To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow thatslinks her calf.

#10242

STEPSTONE

A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in enteringthe house.

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TECTRICES

The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.

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FONDU

Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- saidof colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.

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ABORIGINALLY

Primarily.

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VAIR

The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth centuryas fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of thatperiod in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, andprelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shieldsplaced close together, and alternately white and blue. Fairholt.No vair or ermine decked his garment. Sir W. Scott.Counter vair (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangementof the patches or figures.

#71178

HOMOPLAST

One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- alsocalled homoörgan.

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BLOODSTROKE

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion inthe brain. Dunglison.

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GYMNOBLASTEA

The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are notinclosed in a capsule.

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DEEP-MOUTHED

Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.