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07/10/2024
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PLIOHIPPUS
PLIOHIPPUS
An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Eachfoot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.
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MEIOSIS
MEIOSIS
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing asbeing less than it really is.
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ULCERATE
ULCERATE
To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
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MISUNDERSTAND
MISUNDERSTAND
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in awrong sense.
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DAWE
DAWE
Day. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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FABRICANT
FABRICANT
One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.
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JOINTURE
JOINTURE
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy afterhusband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction ofdower.The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall becounterpoised. Shak.
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ELMEN
ELMEN
Belonging to elms. [Obs.]
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BINNY
BINNY
A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile,and much esteemed for food.
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DEFOEDATION
DEFOEDATION
Defedation. [Obs.]
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SLIMLY
SLIMLY
In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
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TIMBERING
TIMBERING
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively;timberwork; timber.