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27/11/2024

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EXORTIVE

Rising; relating to the east. [R.]

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AUSTRALIAN BALLOT

A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originallyused in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement forpolling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballotused is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.

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RINGTAIL

A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as thehen harrier.

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PENK

A minnow. See Pink, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.] Walton.

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SKIN-DEEP

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell.

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HARBOR

The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]

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PILULAR

Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, apilular mass.

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GRIEVANCER

One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground forcomplaint. [Obs.]Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. Fuller.

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COLLIGATE

To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a singleproposition.He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful .. . phenomena. Tundall.

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MANGANESIOUS

Manganous.

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CALCITRANT

Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

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OESTRUATION

The state of being under oestrual influence, or of havingsexual desire.