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23/08/2024

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ANTAGONISM

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things orprinciples.

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ORNITHOSAURIA

An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called alsoPterosauria.

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PYROARSENATE

A salt of pyroarsenic acid.

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MINISTRATION

The act of ministering; service; ministry. "The days of hisministration." Luke i. 23.

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ELVAN

Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyriticrock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts ofCornwall; as, an elvan course.

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XIPHURA

Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura. X ray. See underRay.

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MAMMAL

One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.

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NACKER

See Nacre. Johnson.

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BUCK-BASKET

A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.

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SAGEBRUSH

A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the orderCompositæ, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of theAmerican plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

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WHEREBY

Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.

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FETTERED

Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals whichbend backward, and appear unfit for walking.