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05/07/2024

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LANCE FISH

A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especiallyAmmodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

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MUTABLY

Changeably.

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GOVERNING

Requiring a particular case.

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INTERPAUSE

An intermission. [R.]

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POCO

A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time ormovement; as, poco più allegro, a little faster; poco largo, ratherslow. Poco a poco Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco apoco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness.

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CLEFTGRAFT

To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.Mortimer.

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SUBREPTION

The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfairrepresentation through suppression or fraudulent concealment offacts. Bp. Hall.

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ORANGITE

An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found inNorway.

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OBELION

The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina wherethe closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

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TINTIE

The wren. [Prov. Eng.]

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DIGRESSIONAL

Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression;departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton.

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WORTHLESS

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence,dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean;as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman;a worthless magistrate.'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron.-- Worth"less*ly, adv.-- Worth"less*ness, n.