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26/10/2024
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TIAR
TIAR
A tiara. [Poetic] Milton. Tennyson.
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BIBITORY
BIBITORY
Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.
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DOLIUM
DOLIUM
A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridgeshell and tun shells.
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TECHNISM
TECHNISM
Technicality.
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DECRETIST
DECRETIST
One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
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COGNIZE
COGNIZE
To know or perceive; to recognize.The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognizedby it. H. Spencer.
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YONKER
YONKER
A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
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SPENCER
SPENCER
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]Promptorium Parvulorum.
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ORGY
ORGY
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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SHARE
SHARE
To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, orsuffer with others.A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goodsof his father. Locke.
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SLEET
SLEET
The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to thetrunnions.
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DEONTOLOGY
DEONTOLOGY
The science relat J. Bentham.