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27/10/2024

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IMPORTUNE

To require; to demand. [Obs.]We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune.Shak.

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SPIROGRAPH

An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as thesphygmograph does those of the pulse.

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GLOSSARIALLY

In the manner of a glossary.

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ADJECTION

The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B.Jonson.

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CURTAIN

That part of the rampart and parapet which is between twobastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

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COGNIZABLY

In a cognizable manner.

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GRAFFITO

Production of decorative designs by scratching them through asurface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly usedattributively.

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SUPERVOLUTE

Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as inthe morning-glory.

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LUGGER

A small vessel having two or three masts, and a runningbowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.Totten.

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BATFISH

A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthevespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of theAtlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish orsting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

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DEONTOLOGICAL

Pertaining to deontology.

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GLOMERULE

A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of acyme, as in the flowering dogwood.