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25/08/2024

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GURT

A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of aworking drift. Page.

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PRELUSORY

Introductory; prelusive. Bacon.

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COLESEED

The common rape or cole.

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MONOGENISTIC

Monogenic.

#4913

CONCEITLESS

Without wit; stupid. [Obs.]Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless. To be seduced by thyflattery Shak.

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SPICKNEL

An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely dividedleaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, andbearwort. [Written also spignel.]

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EXTENSIBILITY

The quality of being extensible; the capacity of beingextended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

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ECTYPAL

Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinctionfrom the original model.

#20797

FIMBRIATE

Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processesthicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink;the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.

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SUFFIX

A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.

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UNPEERABLE

Incapable of having a peer, or equal.

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LAXLY

In a lax manner.