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02/11/2024

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FIG-SHELL

A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula,resembling a fig in form.

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EOSAURUS

An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of NovaScotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest knownreptiles.

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WHIP

To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; towhisk; as, he whipped around the corner.With speed from thence he whipped. Sackville.Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up atree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. L'Estrange.

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MANOEUVRE

See Maneuver.

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INCURVE

To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

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SHOALINESS

The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water;shallowness.

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INDETERMINABLE

Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to bedefinitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited.-- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.

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IZZARD

See Izard.

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FRESH-WATER

A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindricalFresnel lens.

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VOCIFERANT

Noisy; clamorous. Gauden. R. Browning.

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SPECIES

A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, anddesignated by a common name; a conception subordinated to anotherconception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which itdiffers in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extendingto fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as agenus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respectto European, American, or the like, as species.

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COLABORER

One who labors with another; an associate in labor.