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15/12/2024

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BREACH

A hernia; a rupture.

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TUBE-SHELL

Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around itssiphon, as the watering-shell.

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INTERCENTRUM

The median of the three elements composing the centra of thevertebræ in some fossil batrachians.

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SUPPLYMENT

A supplying or furnishing; supply. [Obs.] Shak.

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BANDAGE

To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage theeyes.

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DELILAH

The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence,a harlot; a temptress.Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfriessojourn. J. C. Shairp.

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COIFFURE

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison.

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GODE-YEAR

The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath. [Obs.]Shak.

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PARAGRAPHIST

A paragrapher.

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PRORATABLE

Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately. [U.S.]

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AIEL

See Ayle. [Obs.]

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CACUMINATE

To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]