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06/10/2024

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SEA WOOD LOUSE

A sea slater.

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MESACONATE

A salt of mesaconic acid.

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INVIRILE

Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell.

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WAY-GOOSE

See Wayz-goose, n., 2. [Eng.]

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AMMONITE

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There aremany genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical formshaving existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedinglynumerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of thesepta very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Alsocalled serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

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PATROLMAN

One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman whopatrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

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CONTRAINDICATION

An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatmentusual in such cases.

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HIVER

One who collects bees into a hive.

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OSTRACODA

Ostracoidea.

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OUTRAYE

See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.]This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woeshould outraye. Chaucer.

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LAY

of Lie, to recline.

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FOREGOER

One who forbears to enjoy.