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FORSWONK

Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.

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HACKSTER

A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton.

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PARALLELABLE

Capable of being paralleled, or equaled. [R.] Bp. Hall.

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ARABIC

Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. Arabic numerals orfigures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.-- Gum arabic. See under Gum.

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CHOUICHA

The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

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IHLANG-IHLANG

A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil ofthe flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also writtenylang-ylang.]

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SEASONLESS

Without succession of the seasons.

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MUDSILL

The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil;the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridgewhich is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.

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RESCUER

One who rescues.

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VEIN

One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous orarterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

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SETT

See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.

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THROATWORT

A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy forsore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.