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08/12/2024

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FLAKE

A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to standon in calking, etc.

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CONSUMMATIVE

Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummativeprocedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.

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CARBONATED

Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

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LENTICELLE

Lenticel.

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FOREBEAM

The breast beam of a loom.

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SPOTLIGHT

The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminatebrilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage; leavingthe rest of the stage more or less unilluminated; hence, conspicuouspublic notice. [Cant or Colloq.]

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PRESS CAKE

A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture,the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatmentof coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process;or, in beet-sugar manufacture, the vegetable residue after the sugarjuice has been expressed.

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GEOMANCER

One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy.

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LIEUTENANTSHIP

Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

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ABUTTAL

The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; aheadland. Spelman.

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PETUNE

To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavor oraroma.

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ABADA

The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas.