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02/12/2024

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ANIMADVERTER

One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

#5677

TARING

The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov.Eng.]

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HOGNOSESNAKE

A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H.platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sandviper.

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FORTUITY

Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750).

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HEN

The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

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UNDERSIZED

Of a size less than is common.

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SONSHIP

The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son;filiation. Dr. H. More.

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TRANSANIMATION

The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.] Fuller.

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ENROLLER

One who enrolls or registers.

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MASORITE

One of the writers of the Masora.

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MERISMATIC

Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separationinto two or more parts or sections by the formation of internalpartitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.

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PORKWOOD

The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree(Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeonwood, beefwood, and corkwood.