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04/10/2024

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PORTGLAVE

A sword bearer. [Obs.]

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POLYGASTRIC

Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made upof several bellies separated by short tendons.

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ROARING

An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud,peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noiseso caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.

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IMPACKMENT

The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, asby ice. [R.] Kane.

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SCANDALUM MAGNATUM

A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of aperson of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.

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BRITICISM

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any mannerof using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

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BISCAYAN

Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain.-- n.

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OPOSSUM

Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes.The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

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ADMONITORY

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, anadmonitory glance.-- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.

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GIBE

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to uttertaunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

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KINAESODIC

Kinesodic.

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FLAMINGLY

In a flaming manner.