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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.