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19/08/2024

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PAWL

A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part,as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in onedirection and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch,click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul,or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,to receive the strain of the pawls.-- Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surroundingthe base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in.

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ENOMOTY

A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan armyranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

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DROWNAGE

The act of drowning. [R.]

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SOPORIFIC

Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, thesoporific virtues of opium.

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KRULLER

See Cruller.

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STANZAIC

Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet instanzaic form.

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HYDROSULPHURIC

Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as,hydrosulphuricacid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogensulphide in water.

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WRACK

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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CARTESIANISM

The philosophy of Descartes.

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SPLENIZATION

A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in whichits tissue resembles that of the spleen.

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SARCOLACTIC

relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lacticacid, under Lactic.

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ZOANTHOID

Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.