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23/07/2024

#13110

STELLERID

A starfish.

#48133

ASSENTATION

Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical orpretended concurrence.Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much asindiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld.Chesterfield.

#12274

RAPHE

A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in themedian line; as, the raphe of the tongue.

#19121

BITTERS

A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, orroot is steeped.

#84517

ABILIMENT

Habiliment. [Obs.]

#13299

DRAWSHAVE

See Drawing knife.

#58388

POLYCOTYLEDON

A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in theseed.-- Pol`y*cot`y*led"on*ous, a.

#39890

UNINFRINGIBLE

That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

#33418

MULTIPLICATOR

The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier.

#35006

DICTATE

A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; anauthoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listento the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

#61601

MUNGREL

See Mongrel.

#78872

RICKRACK

A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.