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04/07/2024

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LITUITE

Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are foundin the Cretaceous formation.

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DELAYINGLY

By delays. [R.] Tennyson.

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DECEMPEDAL

Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey.

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OLEATE

A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury,are used in medicine by way of inunction.

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ILK

Same; each; every. [Archaic] Spenser. Of that ilk, denotingthat a person's surname and the title of his estate are the same; as,Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson.

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GUZZLE

To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. Milton.Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while sheguzzles, chats the doctor's praise. Roscommon.To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. Gay.

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TIDILY

In a tidy manner.

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INCURRENCE

The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to(something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt,debt, responsibility, etc.

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DERNE

To hide; to skulk. [Scot.]He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth. H.Miller.

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ACCESSORILY

In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.

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RUSH-BEARING

A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, whenthe parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.

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DEFECTIBLE

Liable to defect; imperfect. [R.] "A defectible understanding."Jer. Taylor.