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13/11/2024

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TERRIFICAL

Terrific. [R.]

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HOTCOCKLES

A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses whostrikes him or his hand placed behind him.

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ICHNOLOGY

The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

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FOREGROUND

On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture,or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest tothe spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work ofart itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

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SARDONIAN

Sardonic. [Obs.] "With Sardonian smile." Spenser.

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-ABLY

A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as,favorably.

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GOLD-BEATEN

Gilded. [Obs.]

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INDAGATOR

A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [Obs.]Searched into by such skillful indagators of nature. Boyle.

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HEADINESS

The quality of being heady.

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ILKE

Same. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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MISINTERPRETABLE

Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.

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PRAENASAL

Same as Prenasal.