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25/09/2024

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MISHCUP

The scup. [Local, U. S.]

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DASHINGLY

Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.

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QUIETSOME

Calm; still. [Obs.] Spenser.

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TANGALUNG

An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

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ORDNANCE

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, andhowitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons andappliances used in war.All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak.Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's]rifled ordnance. E. Ererett.Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland,conducted by the ordnance department.

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PROX

"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented tothe people for their votes." [Rhode Island] Bartlett.

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OUTGOING

Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; anoutgoing steamer.

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LIB

To castrate. [Obs.]

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EVANESCENCE

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, theevanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.Rambler.

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SPECTANT

Looking forward.

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CALUMNY

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made orreported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation;slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley.Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escapecalumny. Shak.

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SEMIDIATESSARON

An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]