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16/01/2025

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ASTURIAN

Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.-- n.

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FOVEOLATED

Foveolate.

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QUERIMONY

A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall.

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SACRIFICER

One who sacrifices.

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LIABLENESS

Quality of being liable; liability.

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ABRAHAMIC

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamiccovenant.

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NYMPHA

Same as Nymph, 3.

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DISTHENE

Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequalhardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

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ACOLYTE

One who has received the highest of the four minor orders inthe Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water andthe lights at the Mass.

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HARMONIPHON

An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which thesound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration ofthin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

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INDEFEASIBILITY

The quality of being undefeasible.

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FLUXION

The act of flowing. Cotgrave.