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11/08/2024

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DESPISER

One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.

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SCRANKY

Thin; lean. [Scot.]

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MAFFLER

A stammerer. [Obs.]

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ADEQUACY

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, orsufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacyof supply to the expenditure.

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BANKRUPT

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other actstending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

#1899

PETTYCHAPS

Any one of several species of small European singing birds ofthe subfamily Sylviinæ, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, andthe golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

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SPRUG

To make smart. [Obs.]

#45562

THINKABLE

Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W.Hamilton.

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MARINER

One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seamanor sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.

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MORALE

The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so faras it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, suchas zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body ofmen, an army, and the like.

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PROTRACT

To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, withscale and protractor; to plot.

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CURRENTLY

In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currentlybelieved.