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17/01/2025

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REPREHENSION

Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secretreprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. SirP. Sidney.

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POLYGALA

A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and atwo-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen,etc.); milkwort.

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PILEORHIZA

A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; arootcap.

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FIVEFOLD

In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

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CADI

An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usuallythe judge of a town or village.

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NUMMULITIC

Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummuliticbeds.

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JOCULATORY

Droll; sportive. [Obs.] Cockeram.

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SILVERSMITH

One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments,etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

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SELF-ACCUSED

Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. "Die self-accused." Cowper.

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TAUT

Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that istightly strained.

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DOMINA

Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies whoheld a barony in their own right. Burrill.

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CASTOR BEAN

The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, orPalma Christi.)