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03/01/2025

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SWITHE

Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly. [Obs.]That thou doest, do thou swithe. Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

#23658

EARTHLY-MINDED

Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; --opposed to spiritual-minded.-- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.

#62583

SUNDOG

A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun,supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or ina manner similar to that of halos.

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WATCHET

Pale or light blue. [Obs.] "Watchet mantles." Spenser.Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden.

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SEISE

See Seize. Spenser.

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TRANSVERSAL

Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.-- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.

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WRASSE

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of thegenus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterraneanand on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.

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LAMPREL

See Lamprey.

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AGNOSTICISM

That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nordenies. Specifically: (Theol.)

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SIPHONATA

A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantleborder is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called alsoSiphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.

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DILATION

Delay. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

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SEPTENARY

The number seven. [R.] Holinshed.