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21/10/2024

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MAIKEL

A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied tothe skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is notbushy.

#22211

SOPHISTICATE

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; topervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell.To sophisticate the understanding. Southey.Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate,not to refine. M. Arnold.They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.

#40795

BENEDICTION

The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give thebenediction.

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FOLIAGED

Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliagedmulberry.

#70808

WIFELESS

Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer.

#20334

THERMOLYTIC

Of or pertaining to thermolysis.

#51438

INTERPUNCTION

The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

#21556

UNDERFACULTY

An inferior or subordinate faculty.

#58930

JUNKET

To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimesapplied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the publiccost.Job's children junketed and feasted together often. South.

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PARSE

To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out theseveral parts of speech, and their relation to each other bygovernment or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it overperfectly. Ascham.

#15183

TEAZER

The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.Tomlinson.

#36293

WIVEHOOD

Wifehood. [Obs.] Spenser.