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05/01/2025

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MALAMIC

Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid andmalamide, and known only by its salts.

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VERMINOUSLY

In a verminous manner.

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PALINODIAL

Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. J. Q. Adams.

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SOWDANESSE

A sultaness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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GRUGRU WORM

The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandrapalmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. Itis eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.

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CULMINAL

Pertaining to a culmen.

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ICHTHYOPHTHALMITE

See Apophyllite. [R.]

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LUBRICANT

Lubricating.

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HEYTEN

Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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ALLOCHROITE

See Garnet.

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MONOTRIGLYPH

A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which onlyone triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

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INCREDITED

Uncredited. [Obs.]