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28/10/2024

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GLOSSATOR

A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . .glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

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ANDALUSITE

A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombicprisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It wasfirst discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

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VITALISM

The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism aredue to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical andphysical forces.

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HAUBERGEON

See Habergeon.

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PERSONALTY

Personal property, as distinguished from realty or realproperty.

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AIRCRAFT

Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, orflying through, the air.

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JESUIT

One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, andapproved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.

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OPAL

A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior toquartz in hardness and specific gravity.

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IRRELAVANCY

The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancyof an argument.

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TAIRA

Same as Tayra.

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MELODIC

Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made upof, melody; melodious.

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WORKINGMAN

A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manuallabor.