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27/09/2024

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CRAB TREE

See under Crab.

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ADDICT

Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

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COSSAS

Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

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AVANT

The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.

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COLLET

A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as,the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem,for holding a drill.

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ALLMOUTH

The angler.

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SCARE

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot islost. Shak.To scare away, to drive away by frightening.-- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game.[Slang]

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UTOPIST

A Utopian.

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CROSS-EYED

Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

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SNOWBERRY

A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, theSymphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and theChiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. Creepingsnowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping.

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DECENTRALIZE

To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from thecenter or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what hasbeen united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or theadministration of public affairs.

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INTUMULATED

Unburied. [Obs.]