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13/09/2024

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INSANIATE

To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] Feltham.

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UNGUINOUS

Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous;oleaginous.

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CHROMOPHANE

A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green,yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of theretina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light;distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.

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POUNCET BOX

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or forholding perfumes. Shak.

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FRESHMANSHIP

The state of being a freshman.

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SPLIT SWITCH

= Point switch.

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PRIDE

A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- calledalso prid, and sandpiper.

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OUTRUN

To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; tooutstrip; to go beyond.Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott.The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher.Jhon xx. 4.

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EIKING

See Eking.

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DIRL

To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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ANATHEMATIZER

One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.

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CONTENTIOUS

Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decidecontroversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdictionover matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction tovoluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed orcontroverted.