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14/08/2024

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ROVER

A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go outif it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player ofsuch a ball.

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BETONGUE

To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

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USURPANT

Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden.

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ACUITION

The act of sharpening. [Obs.]

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QUARTE

Same as 2d Carte.

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NOISINESS

The state or quality of being noisy.

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SESTINE

See Sextain.

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HONEYSUCKLED

Covered with honeysuckles.

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FLINT GLASS

A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of asilicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and foroptical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree ofdispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica wasobtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf.Glass.

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IATROMATHEMATICIAN

One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics andmathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student ofanatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.

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RECORPORIFICATION

The act of investing again with a body; the state of beingfurnished anew with a body. [R.] Boyle.

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TOADYISM

The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy;servile adulation.