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16/12/2024

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BLENDING

BLENDING

The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingletogether while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale.

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UNDERCONSUMPTION

UNDERCONSUMPTION

Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less thanthe usual amount. F. A. Walk

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LEATHERY

LEATHERY

Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "Aleathery skin." Grew.

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DEVIRGINATION

DEVIRGINATION

A deflouring. [R.] Feltham.

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MANNITOSE

MANNITOSE

A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation ofmannite, and closely resembling levulose.

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CUNCTATION

CUNCTATION

Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle.

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SPHEROBACTERIA

SPHEROBACTERIA

See the Note under Microbacteria.

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HARTEN

HARTEN

To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser.

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DISENSLAVE

DISENSLAVE

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.

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OVEREST

OVEREST

Uppermost; outermost.Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

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NONYLENIC

NONYLENIC

Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or itscompounds; as, nonylenic acid.

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SNIPPACK

SNIPPACK

The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]