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12/09/2024

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CRAFTSMAN

CRAFTSMAN

One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; amechanic.

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GAEKWAR

GAEKWAR

The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, inBombay, India.

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MINIATE

MINIATE

To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decoratewith letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.T. Wharton.

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COCHLEARE

COCHLEARE

A spoonful. Dungleson.

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INCISURE

INCISURE

A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham.

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ORDAL

ORDAL

Ordeal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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RUBUS

RUBUS

A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry andblackberry.

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SPICULIGENOUS

SPICULIGENOUS

Producing or containing spicules.

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ARCHCHEMIC

ARCHCHEMIC

Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] "The archchemic sun." Milton.

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ASTRONOMIZE

ASTRONOMIZE

To study or to talk astronomy. [R.]They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne.

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SWORDSMANSHIP

SWORDSMANSHIP

The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.Cowper.

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COUNTERTURN

COUNTERTURN

The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation,the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden.