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27/08/2024

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RETRODUCTION

A leading or bringing back.

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MATRICIDAL

Of or pertaining to matricide.

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RENNETING

Same as 1st Rennet.

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TEW

To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]

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MYRTLE

A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. Thecommon myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high.Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate orlanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosyflowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancientsconsidered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries areused variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifullymottled wood is used in turning.

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ISOCHRONIZE

To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body), uniformin rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.

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TWOPENNY

Of the value of twopence.

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YAFFLE

The European green woodpecker (Picus, or Genius, viridis). Itis noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole,highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler,yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.

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TASSEL

A male hawk. See Tercel.

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INDOLIN

A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtainedby the reduction of indigo white.

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AURIFORM

Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

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FORSWONK

Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.