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16/08/2024

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MANDUCATORY

MANDUCATORY

Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.

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HORNING

HORNING

Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of acrescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process orauthority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court ofjustice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.Mozley & W.

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LAEMODIPODOUS

LAEMODIPODOUS

Of or pertaining to the Læmodipoda.

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BITE

BITE

A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion ofthe frisket, or something else, intervening between the type andpaper.

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PHARMACOMATHY

PHARMACOMATHY

See Pharmacognosis.

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THALASSIC

THALASSIC

Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocksformed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

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CARRIABLE

CARRIABLE

Capable of being carried.

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COPEPODA

COPEPODA

An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, bothfreshwater and marine.

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JASP

JASP

Jasper. [Obs.] Spenser.

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WYLA

WYLA

A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); --called also funeral cockatoo.

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INTIMATE

INTIMATE

An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of theTongue.

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KIE

KIE

Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.