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11/10/2024

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TREGETRY

Trickery; also, a trick. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

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PISAY

See Pisé.

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OMNIGRAPH

A pantograph. [R.]

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BIMEDIAL

Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurableonly in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

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EXAGGERATIVE

Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. "Exaggerativelanguage." Geddes. "Exaggerative pictures." W. J. Linton.-- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle.

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EIKON

An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, andrarely for a work of art.

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DINMONT

A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.]

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ADORE

To adorn. [Obs.]Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.

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INTERPRETAMENT

Interpretation. [Obs.] Milton.

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FRUSTRATORY

Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.]Ayliffe.

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TIFFISH

Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.

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AMBULATE

To walk; to move about. [R.] Southey.