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23/09/2024

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GASTROLOGY

The science which treats of the structure and functions of thestomach; a treatise of the stomach.

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IMPLUNGE

To plunge. Fuller.

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EARPICK

An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

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INCURABLE

A person diseased beyond cure.

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FULSAMIC

Fulsome. [Obs.]

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MAMMALOGICAL

Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

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ADULTERINE

Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious;without the support of law; illegal.When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper toact as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterineguilds. Adam Smith.

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RHAPONTICINE

Chrysophanic acid.

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BENIM

To take away. [Obs.]Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer.

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CATCH-BASIN

A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutterdischarges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not passreadly throught the sewer. Knight.

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ORBICULA

Same as Discina.

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HUMILIANT

Humiliating; humbling. "Humiliant thoughts." [R.] Mrs.Browning.