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17/11/2024

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SPECTROGRAM

A photograph, map, or diagram of a spectrum.

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LANDSTREIGHT

A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]

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CALYX

The covering of a flower. See Flower.

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HEPTAGLOT

A book in seven languages.

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SCANTLET

A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

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PORTIONER

See Portionist, 2.

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NOLT

Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

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JANTY

See Jaunty.

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SAPONIFICATION

The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion intosoap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and otherethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

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ATTEMPERMENT

Attemperament.

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PARFIT

Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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AIR BLADDER

An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in thevisceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as thelungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain atubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.