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09/01/2025

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DISTRAINOR

One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.Blackstone.

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FOOT TON

A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done inraising one ton against the force of gravity through the height ofone foot.

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ACCLIVE

Acclivous. [Obs.]

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THERMOGENIC

Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat;thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.

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DORSAD

Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

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NONRESISTANCE

The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passiveobedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violencewithout opposition.

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HUMULIN

An extract of hops.

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PFENNIG

A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of amark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.

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PRUNER

Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw thebranches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially theAmerican oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith ofoak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the insidenearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.

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RECONJOIN

To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.

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LEUCITIC

Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks.

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STONEGALL

See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]