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30/09/2024

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TRET

TRET

3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth. Chaucer.

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ENSOUL

ENSOUL

To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.

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RELICLY

RELICLY

In the manner of relics. [Obs.]

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INEFFICACY

INEFFICACY

Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect;inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness;as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall.The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines.James Gregory.

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HOMOEOZOIC

HOMOEOZOIC

Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life;as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

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PINGUICULA

PINGUICULA

See Butterwort.

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TOE HOLD

TOE HOLD

A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.

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INDOXYL

INDOXYL

A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol,obtained as an oily liquid.

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NEPHRITIS

NEPHRITIS

An inflammation of the kidneys.

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ASTEL

ASTEL

An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads ina mine.

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SQUARISH

SQUARISH

Nearly square. Pennant.

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SAYMASTER

SAYMASTER

A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] "Greatsaymaster of state." D. Jonson.